This session explores competing perspectives on how AI may reshape the economy—from fears of a “productivity shock” and widespread job loss, to the idea that markets will adapt through new forms of work, to more radical claims that AI represents a break from historical patterns altogether.

Through interactive sessions and group discussions we’ll attempt to raise our awareness of the various systems of infrastructure that our lifestyles depend upon. Systems that are critical to our well-being, but are often taken for granted as we navigate the more pressing problems of the day.

How do we balance the pursuit of individual, inner transformation with the need for collective, outer transformation? Following a short presentation on the topic, we’ll move into guided discussion and reflection on how to pursue both inner and outer forms of change in an age marked by polarization, distraction, and social fragmentation.