After Hours Salon: Scarcity & Abundance
Conversations that spill over into the night.
Will we ever have enough?
Are we one final technological revolution away from a technoabundant future or just a new economic paradigm? Or is it not technology that limits us?
Bringing together a few of the past threads for our next salon, Scarcity & Abundance.
With specialists from art, tech and economics, this is a conversation everyone has strong opinions on.
As ever kicking off at 7pm. We’ve got some drinks and snacks, but more always welcome :)
The Salon:
We’re bringing together techno-optimists and sceptics, deep-thinkers and concerned citizens to discuss the future. Expect drinks, nibbles, a few provocations from people who've thought hard about this.
We’re going to start the discussion amongst a few sector specialists then let it propagate into informal chats.
We will kick this off at 7, so please arrive promptly.
The location - a 5 min walk from Old St, will be shared with registered attendees only, the day before the event.
The Specialists:
Doug Stark is a philosopher of technology, educator, and experimental research designer studying artificial intelligence, games, aesthetics, digital culture, and the future of knowledge work. He is Assistant Professor of Technology and Digital Media in the English Department at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he directs the Synthetic Humanities Lab.
Julia Willemyns is Co-Founder of the Centre for British Progress, a non-partisan think tank working to accelerate a new era of growth and progress in Britain. Before that, she co-founded UK Day One, an election-year project that sourced ambitious policy ideas from leaders across the UK’s science, technology, and innovation sectors. Her own research has covered AI, immigration, and economic policy.
Sonia Litwin is a biomedical engineer, designer and founder of SLab2.8 currently building the framework to enable robotic empathy. With roles in academia, management consulting, and medical technology, her career spans seven countries. She works to coin a new definition for "bionic design"; systems that augment, rather than replicate, human abilities.
We may also have a special guest appearance from the post-scarcity future... 👀