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The Future Starts Here Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

8 Episodes 2013 - 2013

Episode 1

Technology Shabbats

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Director Tiffany Shlain shares how living in today's over-connected world has led her family to unplug for one full day every week. They call them their "Technology Shabbats," they've done it every week for over three years, and it's completely changed their lives.

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Episode 2

Motherhood Remixed

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Director Tiffany Shlain explores being a mother in the past, present, and future --and how the Internet, flexible schedules, and shifts in gender roles have revolutionized what it means to be a parent in today's world.

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Episode 3

Tech Etiquette

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

In this episode, Tiffany Shlain, award-winning filmmaker, speaker, and founder of The Webby Awards, calls us all out with a hilarious portrayal of the technology pet peeves that we're both guilty of and that drive us crazy, and offers suggestions for a more civilized tech gadget filled world.

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Episode 4

Why We Love Robots

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Director Tiffany Shlain introduces us to her husband, Ken Goldberg, a professor of robotics, to dive into the past, present and future of robots and why it is that humans are so fascinated with the most "human" of our technologies.

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Episode 5

Participatory Revolution

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Director Tiffany Shlain, goes behind-the-scenes into her current project, a collaborative filmmaking experiment she calls "Cloud Filmmaking," to explore why this era in human history, "the participatory revolution," will change art and creativity forever.

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Episode 6

The Creative Process in 10 Acts

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Failing big is part of the creative process for Tiffany Shlain, award-winning filmmaker, speaker, and founder of The Webby Awards. Through behind-the-scenes footage of her acclaimed feature documentary "Connected," Tiffany shares the creative process she has developed over the years -- the hunch, the darkness, the breakthroughs, and everything in between.

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Episode 7

Idea Porn

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

In this episode, Director Tiffany Shlain is invited on a transatlantic flight with 100 other thinkers, by the UN and British Airways, with the goal of solving a world problem through collective thinking. Find out what happens on this adventure.

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Episode 8

A Case for Optimism

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Director Tiffany Shlain looks through history to the present to amplify the notion that the world is actually getting better, and why opticism - optimism with a healthy dose of skepticism - can help push our future where we want it to go.

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