“The parable says that when the women return to the circle, the fire burns brighter.
The stories get wilder. The future stretches. Possibility hums.
Some say that when the daughters return, the flame itself begins to dance.”
– Kim Carson
As humans, we love stories. From creation myths to K-Pop Demon Hunters, we share stories, and these stories often become roadmaps for how we live. So it’s always worth asking, whose stories are we telling? And what stories aren’t getting told?
This month, we’re delighted to share with you this parable from Kim Carson. As an AI futurist, conceptual technologist, and former TBG board member, Kim is deeply committed to building meaningful, equitable technologies. In this parable, she talks about human imagination as the original technology, about the power of storytelling for shaping our collective future, and about the future we can build together.
We hope you’ll read The Keeper of the Fire: A Modern African Parable About AI, Spirit, and Who Gets to Shape Tomorrow. And as we continue to center human intelligence in an age of AI, we hope you’ll join us in the circle.