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Truth Teller: The Future of Storytelling Truth — Caitlin Burns

“Story is a powerful motivator” Caitlin Burns.

The Future of Engineering Truth — Brad Allenby

“We are such things as dreams are made on …” Brad Allenby.

Music, Religion and How to Become Your Own God — Claire L Evans (YACHT)

“A concert can be both church and utopia.” Claire Evans of YACHT on semiotics, rituals, & parallels between music & religion.

Migration Roots: The Evolution of Harmonic Truth — James O’Halloran

James O’Halloran tells an evolving story with no words.

Emerge DUO: The meaning of VALUE — Ann Kinzig + Julie Anand

“If values are used to find ourselves, they are also used to exclude others.” Julie Anand and Ann Kinzig discuss what values mean.

Truth Teller: The Future of Scientific Truth — Sam Arbesman

“With advances in science, more and more is being known to fewer and fewer.” In this video, Sam Arbesman speaks about complexity.

Truth Teller: The Future of Artistic Truth — Adriene Jenik

“In the future stories will only be told in native language – without subtitles.” Adriene Jenik on truthtelling in art.

Emerge 2013: The Future of Truth

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.

Welcome to the Future of Truth

Dawn has risen over the desert flatlands and industrial hardscapes of the Valley of the Sun and Emerge 2013 is about to begin. We have gathered some of the world’s

Is It Time To Take Cyborg Rights Seriously? A Q&A With Neil Harbisson.

By Torie Bosch Neil Harbisson can “hear” the orange (the color, that is) Photo by Dan Wilton This article arises from Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, the New America Foundation, and

Cyborg Roaches, Glow-in-the-Dark Fish, and Other Biotechnology Beasts

By Emily Anthes | Posted Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at 10:34 AM A remote-controlled flying flower beetle.Photo courtesy Michel Maharbiz. This article arises from Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, the New America Foundation,

Explain It to Me Again, Computer

What if technology makes scientific discoveries that we can’t understand? By Samuel Arbesman|Posted Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at 5:47 AM Karl Popper in the 1980s.Courtesy of the London School of Economics

The Future of Lying

Can society survive if computers can tell fact from fib? By Brian David Johnson|Posted Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at 8:45 AM What if computers could tell when we are lying?Photo by

What Will “Truth” Mean in the Future? New technologies are changing what we can consider real

From: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/02/emerge_2013_what_will_truth_mean_in_the_future.html By Brad Allenby|Posted Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at 8:15 AM Is Google Glass one way humans have begun designing themselves? Photo by Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty Images This article arises from Future Tense,

Corner Convenience, Julian Bleecker & Nick Foster are Back!

“If you were stuck in an apocalyptic shell of a world, would you rather have an iPad 3 or a BiC lighter?” This was one of the questions Julian Bleecker of