Let's talk about our age
Let's talk about our age
Discussion Experiment
Invitation posted by Igor
No matter how old we are, age is often on our minds. We might feel older or younger than we are. We might worry we haven’t achieved enough for our age, or that we’re wasting our youth. We might fear becoming too old for some things or wonder why our friends seem to be aging at a different pace than we are.
Since none of us is alone in having these kinds of feelings and questions, let’s explore them together by sharing our answers to a simple but deep question:
„How does it feel to be my age right now?“
Hopefully, we’ll have participants from different generations, so we might even learn something about how the experience of age is shifting: How does it feel to be 25, 35, or 55 today, compared to 10 or 20 years ago?
As always, we’ll use experimental discussion techniques to structure the evening and spark thoughtful, inspiring conversation (you can read more about that below and in the FAQs).
There will be two independent sessions—you’re welcome to join either or both.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Join us!
This event is part of the event series “The Discussion Experiment”. It serves to test and develop new, more fruitful and fun methods for group discussions.
Participation is free and you don’t need to prepare anything.
When & where
2 independent discussions:
Discussion 1 – Thu 26 Jun – 19:00
Discussion 2 – Sat 28 Jun – 17:00
Berlin, Schöneberg
Please reserve your seat via Eventbrite
(You receive the address after registration)
Here are answers to some questions you might have:
Akkordeon Inhalt
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.
It is difficult to predict exactly how the event will play out or feel. Each event is a test and can be enjoyable or disappointing for some participants. In any case, it’s always worth sticking around for a while after the moderated part – our participants are lovely, and it’s a great additional opportunity to exchange ideas.
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.
Each event lasts between 1.5 and 2 hours. Feel free to stay a bit longer to finish the snacks, chat with other participants, and deepen the conversation.
The venue is on the ground floor and accessible with wheelchairs. However, there are unfortunately no wheelchair-accessible bathrooms!
Picture: I am using AI generated images because I am organising this series of events on a no budget basis. As soon as I have a sufficient budget, I intend to commission illustrators instead. The image was created with ChatGPT and altered with Photoshop.