PinnedMary ValiakasStop imagining the apocalypse. Start imagining the renaissance.Oi Polloi’s manifesto for a better future.Nov 10, 2020Nov 10, 2020
Mary ValiakasinWhat Does NotThanksgiving in the age of escapismIndigenous wisdom to come home to ourselves & authentic connectionNov 23, 2023Nov 23, 2023
Mary ValiakasinWhat Does NotThe butterfly effect of a night outCan a pay-it-forward campaign to support free nights out unleash a chain reaction of kindness and save London’s nightlife? Help us keep fun…Apr 28, 2023Apr 28, 2023
Mary ValiakasHow fun can change the world: mindful hedonism + spending power = unstoppable force for goodChanging the world can and should be all fun and games. Because all the solutions to the world’s problems exist — we just have to remember…Jan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023
Mary ValiakasReframing the past to create a new futureWhat a Roman god, Greece adopting the Euro, the toilet paper panic, the Great Resignation, and the Oi Polloi executive summary all have in…Jan 2, 2022Jan 2, 2022
Mary ValiakasOverview effect to the rescue?The optimist’s view of the billionaire space race and space tourism.Jul 21, 2021Jul 21, 2021
Mary ValiakasWhy systems change requires shadow workFrom cancel culture, to rape culture, systemic racism and everything in between — acknowledging our own and society’s skeletons is…Dec 1, 20202Dec 1, 20202
Mary ValiakasKindness as diplomacyAn open letter to Queen Elizabeth II inviting her to become a United Nations Kindness Ambassador in a bid to spread a kindness contagion.Apr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020
Mary ValiakasWhat the granddaughters of the witches that didn’t burn, did nextAn ode to strong women in the age of rebirthing social structures. Because feminism in its most evolved form is a rallying cry for unity…Oct 18, 2019Oct 18, 2019
Mary ValiakasAn Almanac of Madness and RedemptionA roadmap for a way out and co-created hope as we stand on the brink of human extinction #NoJoke. AKA metaphysics in motionMay 27, 2019May 27, 2019