Writing Possible, Protopian Worlds: An NYC Futuring & Writing Workshop (in partnership with Girls Write Now)

We spend a lot of time talking about the future. Less time actually imagining it, and almost no time deliberating on how to get there. This evening is for curious people who want to do all three. We'll move through individual world-building, collective futuring, and an introduction to the systems — governance, tech, infrastructure — that make new futures possible. (They're less boring than they sound, we promise.) Come ready to imagine with technologists, futurists, writers and your fellow humans. Leave with a story that's yours to keep — or submit to The Protopian Prize , a fiction contest hosted by Metagov and The Public AI Network. Workshop Facilitators: Val Elefante (she/they) is an independent technology researcher & writer, and the Protopian Prize Project Lead at Metagov. Her work is focused on cultivating tools and practices that enable collective self-governance of emerging technologies such as AI and the decentralized web. Irawo 'Star' Ajasin (they/them) is a designer, technologist, and research-based artist who investigates the poetry and politics of digital…