Hello, I'm Ryan.
This is my personal website for philosophical arts and my futures practice of cultivating visions into realities. Making things real is sort of what I'm all about, and why I have chosen the name 'Futures'.
Half jokingly, my mission is to get Earth ready to join The Federation from Star Trek.
I like to get personal and give people permission to be themselves. I love asking "What dreams are you working on lately?"
Thinking things through from first principles has become a passion of mine during my devotion of decades towards training technomancers to transmute thoughts into things using 3D printing, creative philosophy, and computer coding.
I'm trying to play the long game by advancing governance education, specifically with the Sudbury Valley School model. 1
It's not simple or easy, so I end up on a lot of side quests.
Pictured: a creative self-portrait exercise depicting the author in the cartoon form of Steven Universe.
An old friend introducing me to a new social circle told them this:
'I know Ryan's stories sound like impossible to believe bullshit, but in my experience he is not making it up -- everything is true.'
Following my friend's introduction, I gave a report on how attending clowning classes opened the door to my job in Singapore as a fundraising party jester. It was a lot of fun to be Chief Hype Officer! I helped quadruple the value of my employer and my boss said my performance was 'magic'. This beggared belief in this new social group, but my credibility was bolstered by the fact that we had all just attended Pie Day where they witnessed me serving the Canadian Pomological Society in my role as Head Judge For Life.2
Valuing adventure, having a policy of saying yes to opportunities, and believing in the creative power of the imagination -- these are important parts of who I am and who I try to be.
I often find myself starting projects, prototyping, and leading technical organizations. I won't make this into a resume, but I'm open to opportunities involving leadership and innovation roles, and I'm happy to get creative about interim and fractional and coaching engagements.
I accept love letters and opportunity offers by email to 💌 ryan @ futures.love 💌 Please be brave! 3
What futures do you want to make real?
Footnotes:
The radical idea at the core of the SVS model is that students are humans and should be treated like citizens with rights. I never had access to justice as a child, and now my mission in life is to give access to justice to the next generation. If I can make a place that little Ryan could have been safe, my soul may know some peace.
You can see some of the yearly shirts and pies at pomological.ca If you or a friend love making apple pies, reach out and we can get you invited! It's all really wholesome fun.
My fascination with keys compelled me to publish this invitation to recieve encrypted emails https://pubkey.futures.love/ but if you really need to have encrypted correspondence with me, we'll probably move to XMPP.