Malka Older - Worldbuilding creativity

Malka Older makes a life at the crossroads of our existing and future worlds. Between research into the sociology of organizations, on-the-ground work in humanitarian aid and disaster risk reduction, and acclaimed writing of speculative and science fiction, Older brilliantly, beautifully, uncommonly lives the great paradox in front of us all: to hold at once the two truths of lived experience and imagined future. Origins Podcast WebsiteFlourishing Commons NewsletterShow Notes:the immigrant sensibility (05:00)belonging (07:20)exile (09:00)Danielle Allen's theory of justice (15:00)A Paradise Built in Hellby Rebecca Solnit (16:00)Malka's work in the international space (16:20)Global Voices (19:15)Where are you REALLY from? (19:40) The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (20:30)'Great Asking' (22:30)Positionality (23:00)Mu - unask the question (23:20)the opportunity in disaster (27:10)2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean Tsunami (31:00)psychological distance (34:40)Malka's book ...And Other Disasters(35:30)the importance of improvisation (43:00)David Whyte - the conversational nature of reality (46:30)Malka's book Infomocracy (49:00)the adjacent possible (53:45)The Crisis of Narration by Byung-Chul Han (59:15)The Sociological Imaginationby C Wright Mills (59:30)what does it mean to flourish? (59:45)the generative narrative of our time (01:08:30)Lightning round (01:02:00)Book: The Lord of the RingsPassion: Hearing a new languageHeart sing: Global VoicesScrewed up: relationshipFind Malka online:WikipediaArizona State ProfileLinkedInLogo artwork by Cristina GonzalezMusic by swelo on all streaming platforms or @swelomusic on social media