How will the US election result impact us?
How will the US election result impact us?
Invitation posted by Igor
UPDATE:
I am very sad, frustrated and upset about the election results. And now I find myself getting caught up in catastrophic thinking a lot.
But it seems clear to me
– that this is not the only possible reaction (and not the best one for any of us)
– that I find it helpful to talk to other people and bring some order to our own thoughts together.
Let’s try exactly that on Saturday and gain an overview: What questions are currently on our minds? What thoughts give us orientation? How do we want to deal with the new situation?
ORIGINAL INVITATION:
In a slightly more ideal world, the results of the US election would probably only be relevant to US citizens. In our world, however, they seem to concern us quite a bit.
For this reason, I would like to invite you to an event on Saturday after the election, where we will try to get our heads around what the results of the election might mean for us.
Of course the mood will largely depend on who will have won (and I am quite sure that most of the participants will favor Harris), but overall, I don’t plan to make the evening too formal, nor overly serious despite the worries we might have.
Instead, let us use the experimental discussion method to bring our different perspectives together and reflect on the situation. What future developments can we anticipate together? What might they mean for us personally? How do we feel about it, and how do we want to deal with it?
Join in, it will be fun and might (in the worst case) offer some relief.
Join us!
This discussion is part of the event series “The Discussion Experiment”. It serves to test and further develop new, more fruitful and fun methods for group discussions.
Participation is free. You don’t need to prepare anything or have deep knowledge of the topic — just bring your curiosity and about two hours of your time.
When & where:
Sat, 9 November – 18:30 (in English)
Berlin, Schöneberg
Please reserve your seat via Eventbrite
Here are answers to some questions you might have:
The discussion experiment is a method designed to discuss complex and controversial topics in groups in a way that creates more clarity, reduces misunderstandings and makes conversations more interesting, inspiring and fruitful.
This is achieved with a new moderation technique that slows down and relaxes the discussion and supports all speakers in formulating their statements in a more clear and focused manner.
The aim of each discussion is to further improve the method based on the experiences we make – at the same time, of course, we want to have an interesting evening and an engaging discussion.
No, this format is not about competing against each other or about convincing people through rhetorical skill. Rather, it’s about finding common ground despite different opinions and exploring various aspects of a topic together.
It’s perfectly fine to just listen. You can decide for yourself at any time how active you want to be and will not be asked to speak. The only exception is at the beginning of the conversation, where we do a quick round where all participants say their names.
This event will last about 2 hours, i.e. until about 8:30 pm. After the event, anyone who still has time and wants to can enjoy a drink to round off the evening.
The venue is on the ground floor and accessible with wheelchairs. However, there are unfortunately no wheelchair-accessible bathrooms!
The image above was created with AI (DALL-E) with this prompt: „Please generate a picture in a wide format and cram as many USA clichés in there as you possibly can. Make it the most USA picture ever.“