Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Interview with On Being (2022)
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that’s something that Naomi Klein talks about a lot, is how we are sort of in this moment where imagination is one of the most valuable things we can bring to the table. And a failure of imagination means a failure of the spectrum of futures that are available to us. And I just, I like to think of — so I remind myself and others that there is still such a wide spectrum of possible futures, and we do get some choice in which ones we have.

— Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on Naomi Klein

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "that’s something that Naomi Klein talks about a lot, is how we are sort of in this moment where imagination is one of the most valuable things we can bring to the table. And a failure of imagination means a failure of the spectrum of futures that are available to us. And I just, I like to think of — so I remind myself and others that there is still such a wide spectrum of possible futures, and we do get some choice in which ones we have." in the context of "Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Interview with On Being (2022)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

About Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (born August 23, 1980) is a marine biologist, policy expert, and conservation strategist.