.Most political technology starts with what is broken. This workshop starts there, then asks: what should exist instead? Participants will use applied science fiction, design prompts and rapid prototyping to turn anger, grief, needs and impossible futures into tools, rituals, protocols and institutions that could actually be tested.

For centuries, meetings have been the ancient, cursed interface for how we think together. In this hands-on workshop, we'll play with and develop alternatives: prototypes, protocols and collective intelligence machines for helping humans, machines and non-humans sense, decide and learn together.

.Most political technology starts with what is broken. This workshop starts there, then asks: what should exist instead? Participants will use applied science fiction, design prompts and rapid prototyping to turn anger, grief, needs and impossible futures into tools, rituals, protocols and institutions that could actually be tested.