Bridging Tomorrow is an independent publication by Shannon, exploring loneliness, technology and how we can look after one another as life changes.
The choices we make now affect the lives people will lead after us.
A letter across time
“Your kinder world was built from choices like these.”
A letter to the future about people who kept choosing kindness, and what their choices ask of us now. It is the clearest expression of why Bridging Tomorrow exists.
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Possible Tomorrows · 01
An imagined day in a city planned around people who are often overlooked. Follow its residents through work, school, care and time together.
“The plan did not make room for them afterwards. The plan began with them.”Read the story
A question to explore
Work, distance and the cost of meeting up can make friendship harder to maintain. This essay looks at those barriers and what might help.
Read the essayA shared place to begin
We have never had more ways to communicate, yet many people feel increasingly alone, misunderstood and divided. What would it mean to design communities, technology and everyday life around belonging?
Try a small experiment or share what helps you feel connected.
Explore human connectionNow at Bridging Tomorrow
The connection project includes seven things to try and six printable invitations. The notebook sets out ideas we want to test with readers.
New A researched feature on Public Living Rooms
Using Printable, low-pressure invitations
Listening Inviting readers’ experiences of shared places
See the current workStories from lives in motion
What we hope future generations will inherit, and the choices we can make for them now.
Read the letter
What has changed around friendship, and which conditions still allow closeness to grow.
Read the exploration
On resisting the pressure to make a life impressive before we allow it to matter.
Read the essay
