14 Dichotomies

It might have started with my thinking about counterfactual thinking; what do we know and what do we not know.

And I started thinking about the consideration of two ideas at once and the exploration that goes on in the space between the two.

This led to beginning to cultivate a number of these pairs — well, collections or groups works, too, and you’ll see is more accurate.

I invite you to consider these dyads, highlighting underlying relationships, perhaps dynamics, hence Prism14’s 14 Dichotomies for 2023.

1. Actualize | Explore
2. Feed | Inspire
3. Binary | Nonbinary
4. Digital computation | Biological computation | Analog computation
5. Challenge | Support
6. In | Out
7. hole | whole
8. Create/Delight/Make Ethical Diamonds | Engage | Transform/Deliver/Transact
9. Exponential/Synergistic | Distance-Independent/Holographic
10. Data | Life | Materials
11. Regenerative | Extractive
12. Directive | Receptive
13. Refreshing | Familiarity
14. Emergent | Existent