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The Breath of the Doing

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The Breath of the Doing is a product of Media Evolution’s Collaborative Foresight cycle dedicated to digital work in the age of Artificial Intelligence. We delve into a spectrum of possible futures for what it means to work as a human with AI-infused platforms and products at our disposal, and uncover some of the skills, tools, connections and processes we need today to flourish with purpose, resilience and agency.

The book includes five future scenarios, five commentary chapters, and beautiful illustrations by artist and designer, Barbara Schussman. The futures were imagined by twenty expert Core Contributors, and are based on trends, signals, contexts and critiques from their work across the innovation, design, human resources, academic and creative sectors. It’s a topic that builds on our previous investigation in Futures of Creative Expression and our own experiences from running a co-working space for eleven years at Media Evolution.

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“How will Artificial Intelligence-infused platforms shape work?”

The futures scenarios are vividly brought to life by futurist, scholar and sci-fi writer, Paul Graham Raven.

Commenrary written by Pip Mothersill (Meta Reality Labs), Pontus Wärnestål (Head of AI Design/Eghed and Halmstad University), and Core Contributors Kalle Magnusson, Karin Lilja, and Lisa Henriksson offer perspectives on what it will take to build and maintain agency in sustainable, creative and fulfilling futures at work.

Illustrations made by Barbara Schussman
Illustrations made by Barbara Schussman

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  • Graphic concept: HolsterGreen Studio
  • Layout: Linnea Paulsson Neppelberg
  • ISBN: 978-91-987389-6-4
  • Published: February 2024
  • Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share-Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

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The Collaborative Foresight cycle leading to the book was hosted in partnership with Malmö University as part of the Data Society research programme.

Writers:

  • Kalle Magnusson
  • Karin Lilja
  • Lisa Henriksson
  • Pip Mothersill
  • Pontus Wärnestål

Core Contributors:

  • Ahmed Elsayed
  • Alexander Leveau
  • Anna-Carin Alderin
  • David Dahlenius
  • Helena Sousa
  • Hjalte Betak
  • Isabella Salomonsson
  • Jakob Svensson
  • Johan Toresson
  • Kalle Magnusson
  • Karin Lilja
  • Katarzyna Gruszka
  • Lisa Henriksson
  • Magnus Thure Nilsson
  • Maria Engberg
  • Martin Berg
  • Michael Rozenberg
  • Nikolaj Møller
  • Olivia Peters
  • Rodolfo Zúñiga
  • Sofia Sundbom
  • Tomas de Souza
Illustrations made by Barbara Schussman
Illustrations made by Barbara Schussman
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February 2024

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