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Dawn's Daughter | Avery Merritt | TEDxMtHoodSalon

181 views · Published 16 August 2018 · 14:38 · Indexed 24 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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In this spoken word short story performance, Avery Merritt describes a future in which technology governs every aspect of our lives and our relationships exist almost exclusively through the lens of technology.  Avery has been asking follow-up questions as long as she's been verbal. Coincidentally, that's about how long she's been telling stories. A firm believer in the power of narratives to shape social consciousness, broaden understanding, and impact people for deep and lasting change, she envisions fiction as a tool to figuratively (if not literally) see into the future. The stories we proliferate about what futurism means will shape how we move into the future. Subconsciously, what we believe is going to happen is then more likely to happen. To that end, she tells stories that try to envision a future being different - and ones that question those narratives that already exist about what the future should be. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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