Fireside Chats with Empathic Futures Lab

Fireside Chats with Empathic Futures Lab


Latest Episodes

Episode 24: Big Bias, Big Data, Blockchain and other Topics
October 19, 2018

This week, we started out discussing biases in our media, machine learning, and our world in general. This lead to a discussion revolving around how do you temper the bias in Artificial Intelligences, looking specifically at Amazon's intelligent resume f.

Episode 23: Why Media is so Broken (and other clickbaity titles)
October 09, 2018

This week, Chris and Christian discuss advertising and the media. They begin by trying to define a basis for what media is.  They then contrast the human focused characteristics of media with that of more  natural landscapes.  Following this they questio.

Episode 22: Season 2 Kick-off Event
October 02, 2018

We're Back! Season 2 is finally kicking off after a long layoff. We hope to have a good season for you all.  In this episode, we recap what we did with our Summer. Go over what we have done this fall with our installation in the lead up to today. We go o.

Episode 20: Trust Us, Reputation is the Future!
June 04, 2018

In this 20th episode we discuss the role that reputation will play in the future.  We worked from a poignant article written in Fast Company by Gloria Origgi, an Italian philosopher.  In this piece she dissects how she believs that reputation will take o.

Episode 19: Why do we detail?
May 25, 2018

In this episode Chris and Christian discuss the architectural detail.  How its meaning has evolved over time, and what its significant might be in today's archtectural landscape.  Using Edward Ford's The Architectural Detail as the primary conversation v.

Episode 18: A Design Language
May 11, 2018

This week we got the conversation kicked off with a segway from Molly Wright Steenson's Architectural Intelligence.  Here she introduced both of us to a fresh take on the work of Christopher Alexander, and because of this we decided to dedicate a full ep.

Episode 17: Re-Installing Architecture
May 01, 2018

Are installations the key to unlocking the future of architecture? The small scale at which they operate allows them the flexibility to explore a wider range of ideas and potential solutions. If approached as part of a larger framework of research and ex.

Episode 16: What does Experience Mean?
April 22, 2018

This episode was a sort of rambling discussion on what we mean when we discuss experience. We really just ask how we can nail down an experience and add a little context to what we mean when we discuss experience. It is a topic that is never too far from.

Episode 15: Authenticity in Fiction
April 15, 2018

We kicked this episode off with a brief history of fiction and the speculative design. Beginning in the 60s looking at Archigram, Ant Farm, Superstudio, and Buckminster Fuller.  We briefly explored how these groups approached speculative futures and disc.

Episode 14: Future Business
April 04, 2018

In this episode, we delve into some ideas for the future of the business of architecture. As technology and culture progress towards this world of shared experiences and minimal costs to distribution and manufacturing, how does the nature of space, and w.