Anab Jain: Why we need to imagine different futures
Anab Jain: Varför vi måste föreställa oss olika versioner av framtiden
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.
så att du kan uppleva dem idag.
have brought back things
hämtat med mig saker
of synthetically engineered bees;
by trading your genetic data;
genom att sälja dina genetiska data,
to different futures -- yet.
till framtiden - ännu.
tillbringar mycket tid med
a lot of time thinking
of different futures in our studio.
framtidsvisioner i vår studio.
for weak signals,
out into the future, asking:
ut i framtiden och ställer frågan:
att leva i den här framtiden?
to live in this future?
eller till och med andas?
build prototypes, make objects,
bygger prototyper, tar fram objekt,
of those future possibilities
kan känna inverkan
our present and our future selves
vår nutid och våra framtida jag
in creating a future we want --
i skapandet av den framtid vi vill ha;
med namnet Drone Aviary
with drones in our cities.
med drönare i våra städer.
to see things we can't,
drones in our studio.
i vår studio.
and then flew them --
och sedan flög vi dem -
concrete and very experiential slice
konkret och empirisk del
with drones like this one.
med drönare som denna.
in the evenings and at night.
om kvällarna och nätterna.
by its low, dull hum.
på dess låga, monotona hummande.
we got used to it.
blev vi vana vid det.
the world through its eyes?
genom dess ögon?
every resident of our neighborhood;
alla invånare i grannskapet;
in the no-ballgame area
fotboll på det bollfria området
this other group, who are teenagers,
gruppen av tonåringar
issued injunction.
utfärdat domstolsföreläggande.
floating disc called Madison.
flytande skivan som heter Madison.
att varje gång jag ser den,
Brianair adverts at me,
Brianair-reklamer åt mig
the holiday I'm planning.
semesterresan jag planerar.
mildly entertaining
to live alongside them.
att leva tillsammans med dem.
and Nightwatchman,
likt Madison och Nattväktaren,
are in fact very real today.
en drönarframtid redan i vår vardag idag.
are everywhere --
finns överallt -
till och med i våra termostater
we glanced at or a protest we attended.
till att delta i en demonstration.
how they work,
today will affect our future.
påverkar vår framtid.
there was a referendum
i Storbritannien, där jag bor,
for the UK to leave the EU
called "Bregret" --
for Brexit as a protest,
för Brexit som en protest,
its potential consequences.
in some of the simplest things.
i många väldigt enkla saker.
you wouldn't mind a few more.
för att ta ett par till.
in the morning feeling awful,
må dåligt nästa morgon,
will deal with that."
in the late '70s and early '80s,
på 70-80-talet
and could actually be planned.
och kunde planeras.
for some of the simplest things.
några av de enklaste sakerna.
it got installed in our house.
innan den till slut installerades.
my grandparents who lived in another city,
som bodde i en annan stad
something called a "trunk call,"
for hours or even days.
would ring at two in the morning,
klockan två på morgonen,
och samlades kring telefonen,
and gather round the phone,
diskutera våra liv
discussing general well-being
are happening too fast --
som om allt sker för snabbt.
become really difficult
of our place in history.
av vår plats i historien.
of uncertainty and anxiety,
av osäkerhet och ångest,
just happen to us.
framtiden hända oss.
by our actions today.
for a future we want
än någonsin förut
than ever before.
vi verkligen vill ha.
of effecting change
att genomföra förändringar
and emotionally experience
och emotionellt uppleva
of their actions today.
of the United Arab Emirates invited us
regering in oss för att hjälpa dem
their country's energy strategy
data, we created this large city model,
ekonometriska data
och visualiserade olika framtider i den.
possible futures on it.
att guida en grupp statstjänstemän
of government officials
genom en av våra hållbara framtider
future on our model,
people will stop driving cars
där folk slutat köra bil
to stop driving his car."
att sluta köra sin bil."
in my home city in India,
i min hemstad i Indien
if our behavior stays the same.
om vi fortsätter leva som nu.
over to this object
till den här maskinen
från de där luftproverna.
polluted air from 2030
that no amount of data can.
som inga siffror kan göra.
your children to inherit.
du vill att dina barn ärver.
made a big announcement.
med en stor kungörelse.
of dollars in renewables.
i förnybar energi.
experiences played in this decision,
våra framtidsmodeller spelade i beslutet,
their energy policy
sin energipolitik för att
is very effective and tangible,
är väldigt effektivt och påtagligt
to a future consequence
och framtida följder
is developed with utopian ideals,
med utopiska ideal,
and enters the world,
oberoende av uppfinnaren
of the creators' control.
och kommer ut i världen.
we investigated medical genomics:
undersökte vi medicinsk genomik,
and using people's genetic data
och använda människors genetiska data
consequences of linking our genetics
av att koppla samman vår genetik
of carefully crafted evidence.
genom 31 noggrant påhittade bevis.
where this lawsuit is unfolding,
där åtalet behandlas i rätten,
by this global giant biotech company
Dynamic Genetics,
the company's patented genetic material
patenterade genetiska material
a saliva sample in this spit kit
ett salivprov i denna salivkopp
Insurance service.
his health insurance bill,
had gone through the roof,
could ever afford.
eller hans familj hade råd med.
his genetic data
hans genetiska data
condition lurking in his DNA.
för kronisk sjukdom i hans DNA.
toward the potential costs
de möjliga kostnaderna
sjukdomen från idag.
of this illegal clinic for treatment --
för att få behandling -
would no longer see him as a risk,
skulle se honom som en risk
would become affordable again.
skulle sjunka igen.
Dynamic Genetics v. Mann began.
was that people could actually touch,
faktiskt kunde vidröra,
encounter provokes people
provocerar människor
of living in a world
av att leva i en värld
to my genetic data,
till min genetiska data
out-there or farfetched,
ens lite overkligt eller långsökt
being passed through the American congress
på att ta sig igenom USA:s kongress.
Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act.
Employee Wellness Programs Act.
Information Nondiscrimination Act,
Information Nondiscrimination Act-lagen,
about family medical history
tillåta arbetsgivare att ställa frågor
would face large penalties.
kan räkna med höga straff.
avoid those futures.
med hjälp av dessa berättelser.
is to prepare for that future
att förbereda oss för den framtiden
that can help us find hope --
som kan ge oss hopp -
an experiment in our studio.
ett experiment i vår studio.
from abundance to scarcity.
från överflöd till knapphet.
with repeated flooding,
med återkommande översvämningar,
no food in supermarkets,
but prosper in such a world?
utan också blomstra i en sådan värld?
in London from 2050.
i London från år 2050.
that we reclaimed from the future.
som vi hämtat från framtiden.
we're building food computers
and repurposed materials,
into tomorrow's dinner.
morgondagens middag.
helautomatiserade fogponiska maskin.
fully automated fogponics machine.
so just fog as a nutrient,
alltså dimma som näring,
we can grow in this small room.
i ett litet rum som detta.
from the city?
air from the future.
luft från framtiden.
an entire room from the future,
ett helt rum från framtiden,
och strategier
under fientliga förhållanden.
in hostile conditions.
of climate change and food insecurity
och matbristens följder
experiments and our practice
samt folk vi jobbat med,
between today and tomorrow.
mellan vår nutid och framtid.
into different possible futures,
i olika möjliga framtider,
that such an act can bring,
och obehaget som kan medfölja,
to imagine new possibilities.
oss nya möjligheter.
to change direction,
att ändra kursen,
into a future we want.
av den framtid vi vill ha.
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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