​​⚡️Economic Soul Mapping: Recalibration of Economic Futures

​Overview

​CRITICAL TRANSMISSION / THE FUTURE EXCHANGE
TARGET LOG: July 2026 / San Francisco Coordinates
MISSION: Recalibration of Economic Futures

​The economic models of present day have created downstream issues in the timeline. Scientists from the year 2200 are beam-shifting a tactical calibration terminal back in time in an effort to rescue the timeline and create a better economic destiny. The scientists are charting a new route using a groundbreaking technique called economic soul mapping.

​Scientists are looking for participants to help us calibrate the economic soul map.
Will you help us steer the ship?
No economics background required.

​What to Expect

​An experiential pop-up park installation:

• ​The Soul Scan: A short experience where you interface with a scientist from the future and calibration terminal to unearth your beliefs about money.

• ​The Community Soul Map: Visually anchor your soul onto a live, collective community map evolving in real-time.

• ​Conversation Space: Come break a social taboo: talk openly about money, values, and resources.

​Temporal Coordinates
The terminal will be open at Yerba Buena Gardens during the listed event times.

• ​Spontaneous Manifestations: The terminal will open at other local parks and Future of Us Festival activations throughout the week.

​About the Future of Us Festival

​Launching on America's 250th anniversary, the inaugural Future of Us festival is a 10-day celebration of civic imagination and possibility. We're turning community-sourced, expert-crafted visions of the future into art, storytelling, and participatory experiences. With 100+ events spanning every corner of the city (floral labyrinths, speculative future worlds, dance parties with a purpose, and neighborhood meet-ups), it's a living exploration of what a more creative and generative civic culture could feel like. Organized around four themes (Green Futures, Social Futures, Science & Tech Futures, and Media Futures), Future of Us is breaking down the barriers between art, ideas, and each other, and everyone is invited to co-imagine what comes next.

​⚡ Learn more: future-of-us.com

​About the Future Culture Fellows Program

​The Future Culture Fellowship is a yearlong program that resources the people best positioned to shape the future of civic life in San Francisco: the community builders, artists, and grassroots visionaries already rooted in neighborhoods and traditions across the Bay. Fellows design and host original, science- and arts-centered experiences that reflect their unique perspectives on what's possible, and become part of a growing Future Culture Collective dedicated to making civic life in SF more vibrant, connected, and imaginative. The event you're signing up for was dreamed up by one of the 2026 Fellows.

​⚡ Meet your host: https://www.future-of-us.com/2026-fellows/aleda-johnson
⚡ Learn more about the Fellows Program: future-of-us.com/collective

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