Fireside Chats with Empathic Futures Lab
Arts:Design
Welcome to another episode of Empathic Futures Lab. This one features a guest appearance by Souyma Dasgupta. It's a pretty intellectual episode (after 5 minutes of fun/goofy introduction anyways) so buckle up. It was a really good discussion if you like that sort of thing.
The topic is about “Authenticity” and “Heritage.” Soumya is a Phd student who’s research centers around the topic. Colter too has researched the topic a bit. We start the discussion by defining the subject, what it means, and what it means to us in particular.
Colter discusses how he’s interested in unpacking or exploding authenticity because of how he perceives the inauthenticity around him. Souyma explains the nuances of heritage to his research. He explains the difficulty of even defining what is “authentic” at any one time.
This sort of sets us up for the largest talking point of the episode: We discuss authenticity and how it is derived from/related to identity. Moreover, how do we even draw define or draw boundaries around “identity?”
It’s probably one of our best discussions to date. Enjoy.
Episode 34: Value Engineering w/ Alex Bahr
Episode 33: Dumb AI
Episode 31: The Many faces of Interfaces
Episode 30: [AR]chitecture
Episode 29: Mirror Worlds - or why the future is Green
Episode 28: Disconnecting - find your premium
Episode 27: What AirBnB's Backyard project might mean and other tangential topics
Episode 26: Digital Environments - Picnics or otherwise
Episode 25: Edges, Interfaces, the Formalization of the Digital
Episode 24: Big Bias, Big Data, Blockchain and other Topics
Episode 23: Why Media is so Broken (and other clickbaity titles)
Episode 22: Season 2 Kick-off Event
Episode 20: Trust Us, Reputation is the Future!
Episode 19: Why do we detail?
Episode 18: A Design Language
Episode 17: Re-Installing Architecture
Episode 16: What does Experience Mean?
Episode 15: Authenticity in Fiction
Episode 14: Future Business
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