Emerge2013: The Future of Truth

Emerge: Artists + Scientists + Engineers + Humanists + more Redesign the Future

Emerge2013: The Future of Truth

Emerge2013 will unite those making the future and those thinking about what it all means.

Feb. 28 – March 2, 2013
Arizona State University / Tempe, Arizona

We understand the world through stories. Our stories may be rooted in rigorous fact or unbounded imagination but, being incomplete, they are always lies. Many are useful, however, because humans are pattern-seeking animals. Stories are the way we make sense of a complex world. We build our very selves through the stories that make sense to us – that we chose to believe.
So what is the future of truth?
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“festival for dreamers …” (AZ Central) 

“The whole idea is to throw sparks and light people up”
“You have to get people invested in the future as something they can change”……continue reading

“melds science and art to help envision the future…” (Phoenix New Times)

“…..you don’t have to be a geek, nerd, or egghead to attend”.
“Though it’s true that the forward-looking event, which aims to envision mankind’s future through a melding of art and science, is a cerebral experience…..” continue reading

“combine creative forces …” (The State Press)

“… was the future of truth and the idea that no one person or profession has a lock on truth, but by bringing everyone together, it would create something that is larger than the sum of its parts.” continue reading

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Scoring on Facebook: How To Play the Social Networking Game March 6, 2013 - from: Slate.com Last week, Future Tense took part in Emerge, a conference at Arizona State University that is dedicated to designing the kind of future we want to live in. (ASU is a partner with Slate and the New America Foundation in Future Tense.) As part of Emerge, participants in assorted workshops created videos, journals, plays, and more to imagine different parts of our future. The video below comes from the “Future of … Continue reading →
Michael Burnam-Fink’s Emerge2013 Retrospective March 6, 2013 - by: Michael Burnam-Fink The past weekend saw EMERGE 2013 at ASU.  The theme was “The Future of Truth”, and there was a level of carnival creativity rarely seen in the rather stolid world of academia; there were dancers, full body 3D scanners, philosophy in public, and similar insanity. A full accounting of the speeches and events that went on at EMERGE is beyond me, but I’d like to note a few highlights. Brad … Continue reading →
Kraig Farkash: Emerge is … a reengineered petri dish whose occupancy willingly entered its confines by fearlessly climbing to its upmost edge and jumping in headfirst March 6, 2013 - "What better way to celebrate the sciences and the arts while facilitating their potential for the advancement of human kind than Emerge?" Continue reading →
Screen shot 2013-03-06 at 11.14.34 AM “The Funeral” — Creating a Big Story That Makes Sense of the Human Condition March 6, 2013 - Creating a Big Story That Makes Sense of the Human Condition. This three day workshop sought to answer how humans will perceive humanities place in the universe and how we will reconcile our mortal lives in the future. Are we given purpose? Do we define our own purpose? What is our connection to others, the planet, and universe? Continue reading →
Screen shot 2013-03-04 at 2.05.18 PM Dancing with D Faktion Nyne and Mumsigo Tribe Bands [4] March 4, 2013 - Great waila and cumbia dance music from the Tohono O'odham Nation in Sells, Arizona. Continue reading →
dfaktionnyne Dancing with D Faktion Nyne and Mumsigo Tribe Bands [3] March 4, 2013 - Awesome music, festive lights, warm people. Gooooood time at #emerge2013 Continue reading →