Anab Jain: Why we need to imagine different futures
Anab Jain: Por qué necesitamos imaginar futuros diferentes
TED Fellow Anab Jain imagines and builds future worlds we can experience in the present moment. By creating new ways of seeing, being and acting, she inspires and challenges us to look critically at the decisions and choices we make today. Full bio
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for you to experience today.
para que Uds. las experimenten hoy.
de mis muchos viajes
have brought back things
of synthetically engineered bees;
de abejas sintéticas;
by trading your genetic data;
comercializando tus datos genéticos;
to different futures -- yet.
no viajo a esos posibles futuros.
a lot of time thinking
pasamos mucho tiempo ideando
of different futures in our studio.
estos posibles futuros en el estudio.
for weak signals,
estas primeras señales,
out into the future, asking:
hasta el futuro para preguntarnos
to live in this future?
build prototypes, make objects,
construimos prototipos, creamos objetos,
of those future possibilities
de esas posibilidades futuras
un trabajo de predicción,
our present and our future selves
nuestro ser presente y futuro
in creating a future we want --
de un futuro deseado,
llamado Aviario de Drones,
with drones in our cities.
con drones en nuestras ciudades.
cosas que nosotros no podemos,
to see things we can't,
y hacerlo con mayor autonomía.
directa para comprender la tecnología.
drones in our studio.
drones en nuestro estudio.
and then flew them --
funciones y luego los volamos;
y los drones se estrellaron.
muy concreta y empírica
concrete and very experiential slice
with drones like this one.
junto a drones como este.
in the evenings and at night.
por las tardes y por las noches.
by its low, dull hum.
por ese zumbido que emite.
we got used to it.
nos vamos acostumbrando a ello.
the world through its eyes?
a través de sus ojos?
every resident of our neighborhood;
a cada residente del vecindario;
in the no-ballgame area
el área prohibida para jugar con la pelota
a los niveles reglamentarios.
this other group, who are teenagers,
a este otro grupo de adolescentes,
issued injunction.
una orden judicial autónoma.
floating disc called Madison.
gigante llamado Madison.
parece que sabe un poco más sobre mí,
Brianair adverts at me,
los anuncios de Brianair
the holiday I'm planning.
planeando mis vacaciones.
mildly entertaining
una total invasión a la privacidad.
mientras creamos este futuro.
de esas máquinas
to live alongside them.
se siente al vivir junto a ellas.
o Vigilante Nocturno,
and Nightwatchman,
are in fact very real today.
ya lo están hoy en día.
reconocimiento facial están por doquier:
are everywhere --
y cámaras de toda la ciudad
de todo lo que hacemos,
we glanced at or a protest we attended.
o asistir a una protesta.
how they work,
pueden afectar nuestro futuro.
today will affect our future.
donde vivo, hubo un referéndum
there was a referendum
for the UK to leave the EU
o en contra de que saliéramos de la UE,
called "Bregret" --
for Brexit as a protest,
votar a favor protestando
its potential consequences.
consecuencias de sus actos.
in some of the simplest things.
en algunas de las cosas más simples.
you wouldn't mind a few more.
in the morning feeling awful,
tendrás una jaqueca,
will deal with that."
lidiará con esto".
in the late '70s and early '80s,
and could actually be planned.
planear el futuro.
planes para las cosas más triviales.
for some of the simplest things.
it got installed in our house.
para verla instalada.
my grandparents who lived in another city,
que vivían en otra ciudad,
something called a "trunk call,"
llamada interurbana
for hours or even days.
would ring at two in the morning,
sonaba a las dos de la mañana,
para reunirnos a su alrededor,
and gather round the phone,
a las dos de la mañana.
discussing general well-being
are happening too fast --
que las cosas ocurren demasiado rápido,
become really difficult
of our place in history.
nuestro lugar en la historia.
of uncertainty and anxiety,
de incertidumbre y ansiedad,
just happen to us.
esos futuros "nosotros".
como si fuera un extraño
como una tierra desconocida.
sino el viaje que nos queda por delante
by our actions today.
debido a nuestras acciones.
for a future we want
por el futuro que queremos
than ever before.
of effecting change
de lograr un cambio
and emotionally experience
directamente, tangible y emocionalmente,
of their actions today.
de sus acciones presentes.
of the United Arab Emirates invited us
de Emiratos Árabes Unidos nos invitó
la estrategia energética del país
their country's energy strategy
data, we created this large city model,
gubernamentales
possible futures on it.
of government officials
de funcionarios del gobierno
future on our model,
people will stop driving cars
para optar por el servicio público".
to stop driving his car."
a mi hijo que deje de usar su auto".
para este tipo de reacciones.
in my home city in India,
en mi ciudad natal en India
if our behavior stays the same.
si nuestro comportamiento permanece igual.
over to this object
polluted air from 2030
y contaminado del 2030
that no amount of data can.
más rápido que cualquier presentación.
your children to inherit.
dejar a nuestros hijos.
made a big announcement.
anunció por lo grande
of dollars in renewables.
de dólares en energías renovables.
experiences played in this decision,
muestras tuvieran algo que ver al respeto
la política energética
their energy policy
is very effective and tangible,
es muy efectivo y tangible,
to a future consequence
a una consecuencia futura
a base de ideales utópicos,
is developed with utopian ideals,
and enters the world,
y entra en el mundo
al control de sus creadores.
of the creators' control.
we investigated medical genomics:
investigamos la genómica médica:
and using people's genetic data
datos genéticos de la gente
algunas de las consecuencias no deseadas
consequences of linking our genetics
al cuidado de la salud.
of carefully crafted evidence.
cuidadosamente elaboradas.
de dióxido de carbono,
where this lawsuit is unfolding,
el que se celebra este juicio,
by this global giant biotech company
compañía biotecnológica internacional
Arnold ha insertado ilegalmente
the company's patented genetic material
por la compañía en su cuerpo.
a saliva sample in this spit kit
una muestra de saliva en este kit
de Salud del Reino Unido.
Insurance service.
de su seguro de salud,
his health insurance bill,
sus primas se volvieron exorbitantes,
had gone through the roof,
para él y su familia.
could ever afford.
escaneado sus datos genéticos
his genetic data
condition lurking in his DNA.
de una enfermedad crónica en su ADN.
toward the potential costs
de esta enfermedad futura,
of this illegal clinic for treatment --
en busca de tratamiento;
would no longer see him as a risk,
ya no lo viera como un riesgo,
vuelvan a ser asequibles.
would become affordable again.
Dynamic Genetics v. Mann began.
del caso Dynamic Genetics contra Mann.
era importante para nosotros
was that people could actually touch,
y sienta sus probabilidades
encounter provokes people
tan inmediato y cercano
en la gente, del tipo:
de vivir en un mundo
of living in a world
to my genetic data,
de mis datos genéticos,
out-there or farfetched,
un tanto raro o muy lejano,
de ley poco conocido
being passed through the American congress
Employee Wellness Programs Act.
de Programas de Bienestar de Empleados.
Information Nondiscrimination Act,
de la información genética, o LNID,
about family medical history
de la familia y sus datos genéticos
would face large penalties.
enfrentarían grandes penalidades.
sean drones o crímenes genéticos,
de futuros preocupantes
avoid those futures.
lo que no podemos evitar?
climático, parece que tenemos problemas.
is to prepare for that future
para ese futuro
that can help us find hope --
que pueden ayudarnos a tener esperanza
un experimento en nuestro estudio.
an experiment in our studio.
de datos climáticos.
from abundance to scarcity.
de la abundancia a la escasez,
with repeated flooding,
futura inundada repetidamente,
no food in supermarkets,
en los supermercados,
but prosper in such a world?
lugar de solo sobrevivir en tal mundo?
a estas preguntas
en un edificio londinense del año 2050.
in London from 2050.
that we reclaimed from the future.
que recuperamos del futuro.
nuestras casas, como pantallas de TV,
y muebles artesanales,
computadoras para la alimentación
we're building food computers
and repurposed materials,
recuperados y reutilizados,
en la cena de mañana.
into tomorrow's dinner.
fully automated fogponics machine.
por nebulización automatizada.
so just fog as a nutrient,
ni siquiera el agua o el suelo...
cultivado tomates con éxito.
podemos cultivar en esta habitación.
we can grow in this small room.
from the city?
aprovechar de la ciudad?
air from the future.
an entire room from the future,
toda una habitación del futuro,
herramientas y tácticas
in hostile conditions.
en condiciones hostiles.
ser nuestro propio futuro hogar,
of climate change and food insecurity
climático y la inseguridad alimentaria
y con la práctica
experiments and our practice
las que nos relacionamos
between today and tomorrow.
entre el hoy y el mañana.
into different possible futures,
futuros, siendo abiertos y dispuestos,
that such an act can bring,
y la incomodidad de tal situación,
to imagine new possibilities.
to change direction,
into a future we want.
en el futuro que queremos.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Anab Jain - Futurist, designerTED Fellow Anab Jain imagines and builds future worlds we can experience in the present moment. By creating new ways of seeing, being and acting, she inspires and challenges us to look critically at the decisions and choices we make today.
Why you should listen
We live in extraordinary times, concurrently breathtaking and deeply precarious. Anab Jain co-founded the vanguard laboratory, design and film studio Superflux with Jon Ardern to parse uncertainties around our shared futures. She creates tangible, provocative experiences that transport people directly into possible future worlds. Through her work, Jain has discovered a powerful means of affecting change; by confronting and emotionally connecting people with future consequences in the present.
From climate change and growing inequality, to the emergence of artificial intelligence and the future of work, Jain and her team explore some of the biggest challenges of our times -- and investigate the potential and unintended consequences of these challenges.
Superflux is currently developing tools and strategies that can enable us to mitigate the shock of food insecurity and climate change. Recently, they produced a series of civilian drones -- creating a vision of a near-future city where these intelligent machines begin to display increasing autonomy within civic society.
Jain is also Professor of Design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where she is currently curating the "How Will We Work" show for the Vienna Biennale, and she is a TED Fellow. Her work has won awards at UNESCO, Apple Inc., Geneva Human Rights Film Festival, Innovate UK, and exhibited at MoMA New York, V&A London, National Museum of China, Vitra Design Museum and Tate Modern.
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