Fireside Chats with Empathic Futures Lab
Arts:Design
At Empathic Futures Lab, we often put technology on a pedestal. This episode's discussion is about stepping back and trying to figure out how to get away from technology when we feel the need to. Colter is back with us as well this week.
The episode starts off with Colter discussing this time in a sensory deprivation tank and what that experience meant to him and how he thought about "being." We then discuss how we can build off of cheaper or easier DIY solutions for that. Is there a difference between consuming vs producing in terms of overload?
We then discuss why offices and coffee shops are different in terms of production? Often times, it seems we enjoy working in coffee shops more than offices... How does out attention work and how can we plan for that in terms of which environments we live and work in? Is this large number of distractions a problem for us as humans?
We then discuss who is best able to fix the issues? Is it the technologists themselves or our public servants or someone else? Do we needs apps to mitigate our app overload?
We then discuss Front Porch Forum, its article on the Verge, linked below, and how it gives an example of how perhaps apps can be beneficial to the larger community...though by perhaps forgoing revenue streams to do so.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/24/18129437/front-porch-forum-vermont-social-network-listserv-local-online-community
This leads to a discussion on what is "premium" engagement? What does it mean online and what does it mean as an "environment?"
Colter brings up Sea Ranch as an example of a "premium" environment: https://www.google.com/search?q=sea+ranch&rlz=1C1MSIM_enUS651US651&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiL9u7l4LjgAhWL5IMKHQUUCeAQ_AUIDygC&biw=1920&bih=938
We end on a thought that Colter brings up: "How do you make good design high volume, low margin"?
Trickle up design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCh4_5i_5o
Episode 34: Value Engineering w/ Alex Bahr
Episode 33: Dumb AI
Episode 32: Deep Dive on Heritage
Episode 31: The Many faces of Interfaces
Episode 30: [AR]chitecture
Episode 29: Mirror Worlds - or why the future is Green
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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