Art as Identity in a Jobless Future

Event ID: PP1162580

Fri, Mar 13, 2026 | 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Venue: Salon D (Hilton Austin Downtown)

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Summary

As AI handles logic and efficiency, what survival skills do humans have left? TED Speaker Daniel Lismore, Forbes' #1 Futurist Jonathan Brill, and multimedia artist Marco Palou explore how art transitions from elite profession to essential practice: a way of staying human in an automated world. Attendees will learn: How to reclaim creativity as a survival skill in the post-work era Why artistic identity can replace work-based self-definition Practical frameworks for cultivating presence and meaning-making When the dust settles, the artists survive.

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