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All My favorite memories have been of movies; for instance my first job, summer of ‘88 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Swimming with Sharks, 1994How we trigger memories through ritual and play to create the starting points for future action…
Research in Hunts Point, the Bronx New York. How can we use memory to construct a shared future view, leading to action?
Pleasure, empathy, bias: creating actionable empathy
- How my research began
My inquiry began with: ‘How can empathy be used to trigger action?”. As a part of my initial research I created a systems diagram of how empathy works based on my understanding of current neuroscience. By doing this I began to understand the key role memory plays in our ability to feel empathy. In parallel with this I began to suspect the limitations of empathy as a catalyst for action.
I started to look not just at empathy but also: bias, happiness and future visioning - each of which relies on memory as a necessary component. This lead me to wonder: “How can memory be triggered to define and create a desirable future state?”. As I researched further I found that a memory is changed each time we access it, so in triggering memories we are in fact manipulating them. This lead me to consider: Do we need to access memories in new ways to envision our collective future?
- A shared future vision
This blog will follow my explorations in the link between our socially constructed past and a shared design of the future. I hope to better understand how shared memory may be triggered (and manipulated) to help create a common future view.
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- "Ponies don't stay ponies forever." Tanya, 96 years young, in #UnionSquare Park on a lovely #NYC afternoon. #conversationswithstrangersMay 19, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @Softwalks encourages public spaces to thoughtfully provide for public use. http://t.co/MI7gETwvMay 12, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- #AirQualityEgg - City like infrastructure for the public. Collect & distribute air quality data for home & community. http://t.co/wcPaB3wIMay 12, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Game Change: Society and Culture. How video games impact our society and culture. Video: http://t.co/i0yUhyKm @rich_lem @colleenmacklinMay 09, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- ‘Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.’ John Cleese on the 5 Factors to Make Your Life More Creative http://t.co/CwcRrP6SApr 14, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- How I Scientifically Quit My Cookie Habit by Charles Duhigg @cduhigg http://t.co/BSEvRijk via @bigthink
- Movement defines behavior. Have you washed your hands lately? Moving Through Hospitals: Designing Handwashing - @Core77 http://t.co/SPYK0sDl
- Great lecture: Nik Baerten @pantopinik Future as Tool for Design. The views we have on the future define our choices. http://t.co/aXYL4CotMar 02, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Check out this great project from the #tnsnewchallenge - Humans vs. Mosquitoes http://t.co/BE9YU0uL
- Face-Recognition Billboard Displays Ads To Women, Not Men, For Plan UK Campaign In London (VIDEO) http://t.co/qObSWBw6 via @HuffingtonPost
- Video is the new PPT. It used to be in corporate it didn't exist unless it was in PPT. Now it seems it doesn't exist unless there's a video.Feb 26, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- "The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work.”" Ira Glass, inspiration animated... http://t.co/K2WJKbgLFeb 22, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Reading- How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Novel by Christopher Boucher http://t.co/0SWDFZdaFeb 19, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Listening to “Panic in the Year Zero,” by D.A. Powell http://t.co/nDRYuIkA "...half the time we hunt, and half the time we rescue..."Feb 16, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Productivity addiction: six weeks in and still loving my large format @NeuYear calendar. http://t.co/nA6adNHk How did I ever manage before?Feb 12, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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