Art as Identity in a Jobless Future
Summary
As AI handles logic and efficiency, what survival skills do humans have left? TED Speaker Daniel Lismore, Forbes' #1 Futurist Jonathan Brill, and multimedia artist Marco Palou explore how art transitions from elite profession to essential practice: a way of staying human in an automated world. Attendees will learn: How to reclaim creativity as a survival skill in the post-work era Why artistic identity can replace work-based self-definition Practical frameworks for cultivating presence and meaning-making When the dust settles, the artists survive.
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Contributors
- Marco Palou (a.k.a. Baby Yors)
- Jonathan Brill
- Daniel Lismore
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