work in progress

for the playbook for change to be filled in the coming months. Contributions and collaborations are welcome. Write to contact@charlie-alice-raya.org

A. Introduction

B. Basics

  • Asking WHY
  • Exploring together
  • The brain
  • Making thinking & rethinking/reshaping popular
  • Press pause (including demand time to think)
  • Learning/improving imagination
  • Rethinking everything
  • Science, Socrates & Da Vinci
  • Debunk & rethink/replace narratives
  • Change the story, shape the world
  • Make it happen stories — MiHS
  • Alternative realities
  • A culture of storytelling
  • Humour & ridicule
  • Congratulations
  • Words, rephrase
  • Silence

C. Personal

  • Self-reflection
  • Face personal arrogance & condescension
  • Exploring personal defensiveness
  • Compassion
  • Communication, in the dark, out of the dark
  • Healing
  • Connections, connecting, overcoming divides
  • Mutual support networks
  • Laughing
  • Hope

D. Playfulness

  • Let’s play, get out of the seriousness trap
  • Story challenges
  • more challenges
  • Bets
  • Fights for fun
  • Distract for the future, making use of cute animal scrolling
  • Fun
  • Laughing
  • QR codes

E. Online

  • Intentional fake news — IFNs
  • False alarm
  • Trend what counts
  • Being many voices
  • Flood

F. Media

  • Songs
  • Comics
  • Books
  • Visual Arts
  • Movies
  • Series
  • Shorts

G. Make a difference by

  • focusing
  • focusing / refocusing
  • resisting generalisations
  • being precise about truth

H. Building alternatives (communities/businesses/products/services)

  • Villages
  • Towns
  • Cities
  • Tourism
  • Transport
  • Businesses
  • Business networks
  • Raw material supply chains
  • Internet
  • Software
  • Operating systems
  • Devices
  • Services

I. Building alternatives (coming together)

people networks
communities
political systems
nations
trade

J. Actions

  • campaigns
  • challenge laws
  • boycotts

The playbook for change on bluesky: @playbookforchange.bsky.social

Charlie Alice Raya, 13 March 2025