Hello awesome person!

Thank you for being part of Screening Sundays Potluck! It was it always such a pleasure to host all of you and listen to the interesting perspectives and ideas shared =)

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So, it's our habit here at Empori, to share a log of any experience after it's concluded. Because benefits of reflection and all that jazz.

Below you'll find a collection of:

• interesting discussion topics and ideas to pursue
• some follow-up reads for extra perspective
• information for the next screening

ONWARD TO THE AWESOMENESS!

💡 Depository of Awesome Ideas

The following are all the brilliant, clever and crazy ideas that you guys came up with you in your discussions and small talk. All ideas are good ideas, even bad ones. Who knows, maybe some of these will end up serving as inspiration for your next project! =)

Games for Change

• Video game on Climate Change What if there was a video game, a good one, that taught us about climate change? The effects of climate change, and perhaps more importantly, help us see, in real-time (game-time) the effects of our every day actions on climate change? What would such a game look like?
• Board Game on Civics and Sustainable Lifestyles Secret Hitler is a fun game, but it also has the unique side effect of teaching us about the importance of civics and democracy. Just as how Monopoly is a surprisingly effective tool to help people understand the devastating effects of well...a monopoly. What other board games would we design to highlight the importance of civics, especially good civics. And what about a board game that helps people envision sustainable lifestyles? After all, we already have the Game of Life, why not have a version called The Game of Sustainable Life? PSST, speaking of game on civics and politics, check out SHASN - The Political Strategy Board Game
• Real-life Forest Protection Game We've all seen ads for these resource management strategy games (I know, it's an actual genre). What if we translated people's desires to protect and develop their own territory to real life? What if we could assign a segment of the rainforest to a person, and with satellite images and drone support, give them the ability to monitor their patch of forest? Everything from collective rainfall data and fire hazards to illegal poachers. Give people resources they can deoply, be it contacting relevant NGOs or givernments. There can be ranking boards for the most well protected forests, while points are lost when the forest is hurt. This helps identify areas of forests that are at risk, as well as turn people's desire to contribute and take responsibilly into something productive. Everybody wins.

Who is the oldest Instagram account holder with the most number of followers?

Every wondered who the oldest and most popular instagram account holders are? We sure have, and you know what, we don't know. But we'd sure like it find out.

An alternative economic system: Social Currency

So China's Social Credit System seems way to Black Mirror for our tastes. But the idea of social currency (defined as: actual and potential resources from presence in social networks and communities, including both digital and offline) is not inherently evil, and could be a really good replacement for fiscal currency. Experiments are underway around the world, using social currency as a complementary currency in communities to help build a better world. Then there are also ideas such as Time Banking and Copiosis... It's a fun rabbit hole to jump into.