the Neurotechnology and Scenario Writing groups had some great discussions today around the ethics of future innovations, who gets to decide what directions we head in and what skills we might choose to discard along the way. Ideas were proposed around intelligence sharing between generations and cancer-detecting nanotechnology. All very interesting and thought provoking as we looked at the possible interventions that could improve our everyday future lives.
Isabelle was the teacher while her "students" embodied "Zest", "Grumpiness" and "Sulking"
Jimmy used narration to move time along in this drama presented to show how Zest can be negatively used.
The Values in Action students were looking at their greatest strengths. In the group we had love, gratitude and zest and the groups explored how these strengths can be used to keep our Thinking Brains in control when we are feeling confident, secure and happy. Then we looked at how these same strengths can be used to turn around a situation where we are feeling vulnerable or anxious.
The Future Problem Solving teams started work today on their second booklets, engaging closely with the concept of wearable technology and its implications for the future. The problem challenges the teams have to write up, follow a very prescriptive format. They must tie their problem back to the Future Scene Parameters (Where / When /What's the problem?), identify the issue and explain why it matters and what the consequences are. They must write them in statement for and not use any definitive verbs...we are all getting used to using words like therefore, potentially, possibly and might and avoiding words like absolutely, end, will, and Beau's favourite - "obliterate"!
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