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Platform to research & prototype radically hopeful & inclusive future visions, centering previously marginalized voices. Curated by @monikabielskyte
Joined August 2020
Join @protopiafutures x @climate__spring storyworld design workshop next Wednesday as part of #HollywoodClimateSummit. Free virtual access so RSVP asap: https://t.co/nvSJk6uwfe
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Interest in STEM is mostly superficial. The obsession is really with money and power.
our cultural obsession with STEM education was a mistake
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Biology, rather than silicon or rockets, is the real future frontier. We urgently need to emancipate ourselves from the outdated future fictions & tech gazillionaires that are holding us hostage to them Further reading: https://t.co/saWFvHQSQL The talk https://t.co/Oz3UHnobki
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Join me for a conversation about the future of AI, creativity & what seems vs what really is futuristic — RSVP at https://t.co/KZVhpAjCH2
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"Misinformation is powerful, not because it changes minds, but because it allows people to maintain their beliefs in light of growing evidence to the contrary. The internet may function not so much as a brainwashing engine but as a justification machine."
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في جلستها الذكاء الاصطناعي أم البشري:"أيهما يرسم المستقبل؟" خلال قمّة المعرفة 2024، أكدت مونيكا بيلسكيته - مستشرفة مستقبل ومؤسِّسة منصة بروتوبيا فيوتشرز على الدور المحوري للذكاء البشري في تشكيل المستقبل. وشددت على أهمية أن نبذل الجهد كأفراد لتقبّل التغيير والاستفادة من الإمكانات
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This is a good question. What do you think sustainability should smell like? If sustainability had a scent … what would it smell like?
foodtechbiz.com
Climate change accelerates and impacts agricultural and economic outlooks. Symrise addresses climate adaptation with sustainable solutions for increasing resili
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"The project of imagining the world otherwise belongs to no one in particular." Jess Maginity reviews Jordan S. Carroll’s "Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right." https://t.co/lZD42MMCs4
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I just found out that you can now pre-order Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right!
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Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right (Forerunners: Ideas First)
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Who defines the future & what inspirations for innovative designs we need more of? Posted some semi-in-depth thoughts on Humans, Robots, Animals & Bacteria, following my keynote with @RealSophiaRobot at @KnowSummit last week in Dubai: https://t.co/FsVv31BeUv
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هل أنت مستعد للمستقبل؟ لا تفوت الجلسة بين مستشرفة مستقبل مونيكا بيليسكيته والروبوت صوفيا في جلستهم الذكاء الاصطناعي أم الذكاء البشري: من يقود المستقبل؟ استعد لحوار شيّق وسجّل الآن في قمَّة المعرفة 2024 أكبر قمة معرفية من نوعها في العالم. رابط التسجيل: https://t.co/lzQWn6ezLN.
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@anneapplebaum @noUpside "In the…right-wing propaganda landscape, where facts are recast as subjective & any authority outside MAGA is deemed illegitimate, eroding trust in institutions is not an unfortunate side effect—it is the goal." Musk's infowar project smacks of Putin's "political technology."⤵️
Putin’s ‘political technology’ turned Russian politics into a bewildering constantly changing piece of theater. It goes deeper than manipulation. It plays w/ & undermines the very perception of reality. People are never sure what’s real or fake. Truth, journalism is irrelevant.
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If you are on X, you should read this, by @noUpside: this site is now dedicated to creating an alternate, far-right reality https://t.co/yiHMv7FXzl
theatlantic.com
The site formerly known as Twitter has become the center of a fantastical political culture.
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I am in the Bay Area through Friday, for a @protopiafutures x Design Science Studio talk at The Portal Marin this Thursday. Do reach out if you’d like to connect &/or get your tickets at https://t.co/cknS0hmPM9
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‘Challenging the binaries of dystopia vs utopia & society vs technology’. This episode of #TheNewAbnormal features the futurist & speculative designer @monikabielskyte. The series is made in partnership with @cphfutures. Link: https://t.co/MKKeMUxewz
#ProtopiaFutures #CIFS
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People removed from the direct experience of to totalitarianism really do not seem to be able to grasp just how fast even the most basic democratic freedoms can collapse. It doesn’t just happen “there”, it can truly happen (anyw)here. Never take freedom for granted.
Trump: You have to get out and vote. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore.. In four years, you won’t have to vote again.
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@snacklesbian I understand & (in many tho not all ways) agree. But in the context of the very real world (globally, beyond just ie EU bubble etc) it is already quite entrenched & won’t magically disappear (not unlike a lot of military tech for example). Idealism is admirable yet dangerous too
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Conversation below has been QT’ed below taking the first tweet as some kind of endorsement, as if I am evangelizing genAI rather than inviting real-world conversation about it. So here’s some context: https://t.co/cpKHDtM0KN
Bottom line students (& all of us) will have to learn to work with AI. So the question is: can we learn how to work with them as complementary tools or we will use them in ways that will try to replace our own very humanity/creativity/intelligence. *1=productive. *2=destructive
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