The New Modality

01/12/2019

We've set up a temporary post-Kickstarter store!

If you missed our Kickstarter, then you can still pre-order your copy of The New Modality — or you can get a subscription, sign up for one of our events, and more.

ALSO, if you backed us on Kickstarter, then you should have received an email survey that will do two things:

(a) collect your shipping address,
(b) give you a chance to grab some of our pre-order items at special backer prices.

If you didn't receive your survey, then leave a comment or send us a message, and we'll figure it out!

Here's the pre-order store:

https://thenewmodality.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

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13/11/2019

NEW KICKSTARTER REWARD: For $350, you can get a unique private tour of Dandelion Chocolate's sustainable chocolate factory in San Francisco... guided personally by a local power couple, Elaine Wherry and co-founder Todd Masonis!

Dandelion doesn't normally offer private visits guided by a founder, so this is a special opportunity. We have only one available!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lydialaurenson/the-new-modality/posts/2682032

Hi again! Here's an awesome and unique thing for chocolate lovers: We are offering ONE PRIVATE VIP VISIT to the San Francisco factory of Dandelion Chocolate, for $350. Whoever gets this reward can have the chocolate factory visit all to themselves, OR they can bring up to 10 people. If you get this....

13/11/2019

Have we been talking enough about this game + dance transmedia art thing about a late-1800s South Indian mathematician who goes to Mars?

The creators call it "Tamilpunk" — an "Indian cultural origin of steampunk."

http://thenewmodality.com/concept-art-from-the-south-indian-speculative-fiction-transmedia-game-antariksha-sanchar/

Remarkable art from a steampunk-psychedelic dance-transmedia-game about a late-1800s mathematician hero from a small Indian village who goes to Mars.

12/11/2019

NEW KICKSTARTER REWARD: We're getting into the final 24 hours of our campaign, and that means... NEW LAST-MINUTE REWARDS! Whee!

First up: Our friends at the The Long Now Foundation have generously donated exactly ONE bundle of items to assist in your long-term and/or futurist thinking.

It's $200, it's unique, and if you're part of the Long Now community, then you might just love it:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lydialaurenson/the-new-modality/posts/2681789

Hellllllooooo everyone! We're now entering into the final 24 hours of our campaign, and that means... SUPER FUN LAST-MINUTE REWARDS!!! Whee! FIRST UP: Our friends at the Long Now Foundation are offering a unique bundle of items to assist in your futurist thinking. There is ONLY ONE Long Now Futurist...

09/11/2019

David Jay, who identifies as asexual, formed a close relationship with a heterosexual couple in order to create a three-parent family. In fact, they recently invoked California's brand-new law that allows children to have more than two legal parents, making them one of the first legal three-parent families in America!

Here are the details of how they make it work — their co-parenting contract and their sweet ceremonies, too.

http://thenewmodality.com/an-actual-coparenting-contract-plus-tips-for-creating-the-arrangement-with-david-jay/

This article about the backstage process of a three-parent family includes details of their co-parenting contract — and their sweet ceremonies!

08/11/2019

We just republished a great article by Jennifer Walske, which was based on a business school case study she wrote for Berkeley-Haas. It's a really interesting in-depth examination of how Burning Man transitioned from LLC to nonprofit:

http://thenewmodality.com/the-ultimate-act-of-gifting-burning-mans-radical-transition-to-a-nonprofit/

[Also, since we are duty-bound to constantly remind you of Kickstarter right now, please note that you can get beautiful archival-quality Burning Man photos (donated by Tom Stahl) if you pledge $350 to our Kickstarter campaign!]

The Burning Man organization used to be an LLC, and it's now a nonprofit. This article delves into the reasons and complexities behind that transition.

03/11/2019

🥑🥑🥑 THE NEW MODALITY AVOCADO: FINALLY HERE 🥑🥑🥑
You (YES, YOU!) can WIN a FABULOUS PRIZE AVOCADO (or ONE YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION to The New Modality!)

The New Modality™®© has gone all-in on the year's most important corporate swag trend by commissioning **ULTRA EXCLUSIVE** NewMo™®© avocados from noted provocateur Danielle Baskin.

Danielle's previous work, such as Womb Escape Game, have earned her widespread acclaim and stuff. After Danielle's branded avocados were praised by FastCompany as "the hottest commodity in conference swag," we JUST KNEW we had to have one to celebrate The New Modality™®©... and we also knew we must share the wealth with the dearest devotees of our brand: You.

💥 Here’s how you WIN: 💥

🥑 Retweet our avocado tweet: https://twitter.com/newmodality/status/1191127054353223682
🥑 Share THIS VERY FACEBOOK POST about the avocado
🥑 Post the avocado picture with your own overblown language to Twitter and/or Facebook, alongside the link to our Kickstarter (and then tag us so we see it)

ALSO: Exactly ONE of these astonishing fruits* will be available as a $25 reward in our Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lydialaurenson/the-new-modality

You might ask: Why, of all things, an avocado? Is it because the avocado’s textured skin and smooth interior is somehow a metaphor for The New Modality’s editorial philosophy? Is guacamole the ideal snack to eat while reading your first issue? In keeping with The New Modality’s editorial philosophy, we are very excited to state that this question exists, and we are also very excited to leave the True Answer as an exercise for the reader.

* Technically, avocados are fruits. IN FACT, they are BERRIES!

TERMS AND CONDITIONS!:

This is a real thing. These are genuine avocados. If you get one, then it will arrive on your doorstep ripe and ready to eat (don’t worry, we will notify you when the avocado is on its way so you don’t miss it). We will provide two-day shipping anywhere in the continental US (sorry, international backers, we don't make the avocado rules!)

We are giving away 3 total NewMo avocados as part of this ridiculous social media push, AND ALSO: one lucky winner will also get A YEAR’S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NEW MODALITY. (If you win the subscription and you already bought a subscription in our Kickstarter, then you can pick any other Kickstarter reward at the $140 level or lower.)

Demonstrating a near-total lack of shame for this absurd social media push, we will conduct the prize drawing with great fanfare on Wednesday November 13th, during the crazed hours leading up to the conclusion of our Kickstarter campaign. WE MIGHT JUST BE PLANNING OTHER STUFF DURING THAT TIME TOO!!! SO WATCH THIS SPACE 👀🥑🥑🥑

P.S. Danielle is one of our wonderful New Modality Catalysts. Thank you for being wonderful, Danielle! Past projects by Danielle include:
• Womb Escape Game (a game that is similar to an escape room, but intended for almost-newborn children),
• Oracle OpenWorld (a gathering of oracles to learn about new divination practices that happens to take place in the exact same location as the yearly conference for Oracle the software company),
• LineCon (a conference on line-related topics, coming soon to a queue near you).

P.P.S. Here's the Kickstarter link again!!! 💥 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lydialaurenson/the-new-modality

02/11/2019

If you back our Kickstarter, you can get in free to tomorrow's Reimagine Dance Party, Yoga, & Street Cleanup Fair in San Francisco! Thanks for sharing these tickets with us KindSF

Hi all! Tomorrow in San Francisco: A morning dance party where everyone helps clean up the city streets — plus street fair, plus yoga! As a supporter of The New Modality you can attend the whole thing FOR FREE. Just send me a message at [email protected]. To show their love for our backer...

27/10/2019

27/10/2019

27/10/2019

We are live on Kickstarter... and we blew past 50% of our goal in LESS THAN A DAY. We've also been featured as a "Project We Love" by the Kickstarter team.

Help us knock this out of the park!! Stretch goals coming soon — let's make this MORE AWESOME THAN WE EVEN IMAGINED IT WOULD BE.

You can pre-buy a copy of the magazine for $35, or pre-purchase a subscription for $95, on the Kickstarter. But even just donating $1 helps, if you can't spare more: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lydialaurenson/the-new-modality

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