Casting Call for a Future Frankly

Greetings. One of the biggest questions we continue to get from listeners of the great simplification is, but what can I do? Our team and I could draw up dozens of our own ideas, but in our experience, the richest and most creative and impactful responses come from those on the ground doing the actual work. In other words, that's you, our global listeners and viewers of this channel. As humanity continues through these transformational few months with the Iran situation, highlighting concrete actions and responses feels pretty important. As such, consider this video a casting call of sorts, revisiting a special project from last year featuring our audience members. We plan to share stories of folks on the ground who have changed their lives in meaningful ways in response to the unfolding more than human predicament. The theme of this iteration is technology. Stories from the viewers that reflect technological innovation, including but not limited to Goldilocks technology, social innovation, or even inner tech stacks as responses to the challenges that lie ahead. The definition of technology is pretty loose here and it can be focused on work you're doing as an individual all the way up to the global level. You could be working on issues like ecological restoration or community building via crypto app or housing reform or protecting a individual species. You could have changed your profession to meet the issue head on or maybe started a meditation practice to regulate your nervous system, despite all that's occurring. If you want further inspiration, I'd recommend viewing a framework for action, which is a frankly we released in March of this year that outlines a broad skeleton of how we're framing such responses. The goal of this campaign is to celebrate the creativity and impact you've had while working on the issues that are most meaningful to you and to share those ideas across bioregions in our world to inspire others. We're asking you for three things in the submission. You will send in a short video no more than two minutes long, a written description of 500 words or less detailing your work, and up to five photos of the work you're doing if applicable. Homework from Nate. This initial video will only be for our internal purposes and will not be aired publicly. We'll follow up with you and confirm with anyone who's chosen for the montage before releasing. Chosen stories will be shared on social media and some will be included in upcoming frankly episodes. It's my hope that showcasing the projects and initiatives of those actively shifting their own lives, communities, and circumstances in response to the Meta Crisis could inspire some sort of domino effect of these ideas being seen and understood from others. And most importantly, we're looking for real stories from real people, so don't worry if you're not used to being on camera. We ask that you simply show up as yourself. To share your story, click the link in the description where you will find everything you need to submit. The link to submit videos will only be live for the next two weeks, so if you'd like to share your story for this project, the time is now. I would also like to thank everyone who has submitted last year or who has already shared a written note with their personal stories about the impact the great simplification has had on them, and there's been a lot of those. These are the reasons I believe this work can help change the initial conditions of the future. Thank you all for your continued support for this content. I will see you next week. you