Activating the Future of Human Flourishing with Janine Leger, Co-Founder Edge City
Technology is advancing rapidly, but our social systems and institutions struggle to keep pace. Janine Leger co-founded Edge City, a society incubator accelerating social innovation through popup and experimental communities, and they're bringing their next gathering to Austin March 2-7. We explore how rethinking the intersection of technology and agency can lead to human flourishing, and why Austin is emerging as the perfect laboratory for this experimentation.
Episode Highlights
- Edge City the Society Incubator
- Innovation in Temporary Spaces
- Building Default Healthy Environments
- Invisible Protocols and Personal Agency
- Edge City as Social Catalyst
- Austin's Innovation Ecosystem
- Edge City Austin
- Key Personas in a Thriving Ecosystem
- Future City Projects and Experiments
- Austin's Next Decade of Growth
- What's Next Austin?
- "If you're interested in new society models, new ways of living, new towns, Austin is going to be a hub for that...There's so much happening around community dynamism"
Janie Leger
Edge City Austin
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