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Editorial work evaluates, criticizes, and explores experiences to seek understanding and question the status quo.
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The Need for Discomfort
This workshop discussion explores the complex relationship between technology and society, highlighting both positive and negative impacts, especially on youth. It encourages introducing discomfort to stimulate change in technology use, advocating for intentional behaviors by parents and adults to foster resilience and agency in children, thereby improving social interactions and overall well-being.
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The Importance of Human Connection
This workshop discussion explores the theme of human connection amid advancing technology. It highlights the digital native generation’s feelings of disconnection and desire for offline interactions. Participants suggest innovative design approaches that prioritize human-centered technology, promoting meaningful connections while maintaining a balance between efficiency and personal relationships.
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The Role of Art
This workshop discussion explores the interconnection between art and technology. It emphasizes how artists frame questions and provoke reflection, while technologists often prioritize economic outcomes. By integrating art thinking, we can challenge assumptions about problem-solving and innovation, leading to more meaningful experiences and solutions that prioritize human needs over profit.
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The Promise of Technology
This workshop discussion explores technology’s dual promise and peril. Historically aimed at enhancing lives, technology now raises critical questions about its role in creating disparities and job displacement. Participants discuss transitioning towards technologies that prioritize human well-being, emphasizing a need for thoughtful regulation and a shift in education focusing on emotional intelligence and purpose-driven innovation.
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Nature Offers a Model Part II
Part II: Business | How would businesses operate if they followed nature’s blueprints? It’s hard to know where to start since business seems to have no foundation in nature or interest in its wisdom. So, let’s talk about waste. Waste, which is nonexistent in nature, is everywhere in business, and it leads to pollution, health…
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Nature Offers a Model Part I
Part I: Food | What would resiliency, cooperation, and shared success look like in actual business scenarios? The first time I asked myself this question was also the first time I learned about permaculture. In 2013 and 2014, I was working on developing my Master’s thesis in the Social Design department at the Design Academy Eindhoven…
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Rethinking Education
This conversation with Lorenzo Gerbi critiques the education system’s focus on technology and rational thought, neglecting emotional and creative intelligence. It argues for a shift towards more holistic, non-institutional learning, emphasizing the importance of personal agency and emotional engagement to foster genuine connections and societal change, challenging existing capitalist structures.
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Business
This workshop discussion explores lessons from nature as models for sustainable initiatives. It criticizes current short-term business models and unsustainable resource consumption. Advocating for a paradigm shift, it calls for startups to prioritize resiliency, redefine success, and model behaviors after nature, promoting symbiosis rather than scalability.
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Nature
This workshop discussion emphasizes nature’s resilience as a model for sustainability. It criticizes modern society’s focus on short-term efficiency, leading to environmental degradation. The importance of reconnecting with nature for health and redefining business models to promote cooperation over competition is highlighted as essential for creating a sustainable future.
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Education
This workshop discussion addresses the need for ethical business practices and redefining educational priorities. It criticizes the current emphasis on profit and technical skills, which undermines creativity and emotional intelligence. Advocating a shift towards STEAM education, the discussion highlights art’s essential role in fostering deeper human connections and critical thinking.
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Storytelling
This workshop discussion emphasizes the role of myths in shaping collective behavior and the need for new, democratically created myths to replace outdated narratives. Storytelling, emotional engagement, and creative expressions are crucial in this transformation, fostering awareness and connection among individuals, ultimately leading to a collective shift in societal beliefs.
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Ego
This workshop discussion explores how the ego influences decisions in life and in business, emphasizing consciousness in achieving inner peace. It highlights the distractions of modern society that fuel ego and external validation, advocating for self-acceptance and mindful practices as pathways to authentic living and fostering meaningful change.
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