Recent events in the news, from patients rights to NSA surveillance practices to pandemics, have echoed moral and social issues raised in popular culture science fiction. As technological progress makes the Dystopian worlds imagined by writers and filmmakers more plausible, we need to develop the legal, social, and technological frameworks to keep those forces in check. In this interactive dual presentation, we will pull the arm of a digital slot machine to randomly present 1) a critical concept, 2) a technology or movement currently in existence, and 3) a disruptive innovative factor. We’ll then crowd-source potential solutions embodying all three of these variables and lead an exploratory discussion on the most popular solutions.

1. Crowd-sourcing Anti-Dystopian Tech

2. Guided Interactive Session
in 1, 2, 3
1. We'll use our "Roll the Cards Brainstorming" method to
crowd-source ways to avoid Dystopian futures as
envisioned in science fiction

3. DRUGGED
MASSES

4. Guided Interactive Session
in 1, 2, 3
2. We'll pull the arm on a digital slot machine with wheels for
● Concepts
● Technologies & Movements
● Disrupters

6. Guided Interactive Session
in 1, 2, 3
3. We'll invite the audience to brainstorm potential solutions
encompassing all three variables, submit them into an app
we provide, and vote on their favorites. In real time we'll
announce the winning concepts and lead an exploratory
discussion of them in further detail.

7. Image of Big Brother Dystopia
BIG BROTHER

9. Image of Outbreak Dystopia
OUTBREAK

11. Who We Are
Patricia Ju
● Associate Director, Technology Innovation Center of Consumer Reports
● Entrepreneur
● Composer/Singer-Songwriter
● Mentor, Founder Institute and Lean Startup Machine
● Video Link: Speaking at Founder Institute Password: patricia
Chris Baily
● Interactive Designer, Technology Innovation Center of Consumer Reports
● Entrepreneur
● Fine Artist
● Video Link: BarPower, Winner appery.io at NYC TechCrunch Disrupt 2013
Hackathon (Scroll down for video, 25 seconds in)
As members of the Technology Innovation Center of Consumer Reports (CR), we
are in a unique position to access experts in the areas of consumer protection,
critical to prevent certain Dystopian futures of science fiction.
We build technological innovations for CR's mission: to work for a fair, just, and
safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect
themselves.