Berggruen Institute

Got bold ideas about consciousness? $50,000 could be yours. The @BerggruenInst Essay Prize is accepting entries. 2025 theme: CONSCIOUSNESS Open to all disciplines. Essays in English or Chinese. #EssayPrize #Consciousness #Philosophy

Step inside a virtual studio where artist and machine co-compose. Ecologies of Becoming extends an invitation to witness an artistic encounter between human and machine. Through a gestural feedback loop powered by biosignal and custom robotics, the boundaries between self and…

“At its core, MAHA grasps that placing the onus for being healthy solely on the individual in a sickening environment & a food supply chain contaminated by industrial chemicals is a misplaced responsibility.” —Nathan Gardels noemamag.com/make-the-plane…

An interview recorded in February with Nathan Gardels for the @berggruenInst's Futurology podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=sntyb0…

2025 marks a phenomenal year for @NoemaMag , as the publication celebrated their 5th year anniversary, and were honored this award season. Their accolades include: - Six 1st place awards from 2025 LA Press Club’s SoCal Journalism Awards - Winner of the 2025 Creative…

The Ojibwe Space Charter  is a living treaty between Earth and cosmos—an interactive Indigenous cosmopolitical document. Rooted in Anishinaabe star knowledge and guided by the Seven Grandfather Teachings, it reframes space not as frontier, but as relative, kin, and teacher.…

Global Essay Prize – $50,000 for Academic Excellence The 2025 Berggruen Essay Prize is open for submissions. This year’s theme is Consciousness — from neuroscience and AI to metaphysics and phenomenology. Winners receive global recognition and a $50,000 award. Submit your essay…

We’re excited to share this new feature in The Hollywood Reporter on Studio B — the Berggruen Institute’s initiative exploring culture, technology, and imagination through collaboration with leading thinkers and creators. @thr @chrissgardner 📰 Read the full article:…

Daoist Alchemy is an interactive diagram of planetary healing—an alchemical interface where ancient Daoist cosmotech meets climate speculation. Click to explore breath, body, and biosphere in elemental alignment. futurerelics.berggruen.org/?utm_source=or… #berggrueninstitute

NeuroTarot is a post-human and divinatory interface for uncertain minds in an uncertain world. Powered by AI and laced with neuropoetics, it offers psychic readings at the edge of consciousness and planetary precarity. Begin your reading at the link. futurerelics.berggruen.org/?utm_source=or…

From former Berggruen fellow, Venkatesh Rao, the protocol science fiction story contest: Ghosts in Machines! Imagine many futures full of distributed AI, connected through protocols of all sorts. #berggrueninstitute protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/ghosts-in-ma…

Step into CORPUS, a living transmission of future human possibility. Through augmented reality, witness a breathing ecology of human, machine, and microbiome—a five-story symphony of entangled existence. #berggrueninstitute

“One thing seems pretty clear and universal is that people don’t like living under a dictatorship.” - Francis Fukuyama Episode 001: After the End of History, an Age of Disorder with Francis Fukuyama and Nathan Gardels Futurology Pod now streaming on all podcasts platforms

The Noema team is over-the-moon to announce we took home 24 @lapressclub awards last night, with 6 first place, 8 second place and 10 third place winners! 🎉 Links below to read all the award-winning pieces 🏆

The Future Wunderkammer is a digital collection of speculative relics, artifacts from near and distant futures that explore humanity's evolving relationship with life, technology, and the cosmos. Join us as we explore tomorrow and discover what life will become.

"The Five Stages of AI Grief: AI Denial AI Anger AI Bargaining AI Depression AI Acceptance" Where are you in the cycle? Read Accept All Cookies by Benjamin Bratton. 🔗 ow.ly/BEMy50VXjoV

Presenting Futurology: a new weekly podcast from the Berggruen Institute where we work to name what’s next. Premiering 6/24 - listen or watch on all podcast platforms. #berggrueninstitute #podcast

You spoke. We listened. As partner in Engaged California, we’re working to uplift the voices of LA fire survivors and shape a new model for civic engagement. 🔗 engaged.ca.gov #YouSpokeWeListened #EngagedCalifornia #WildfireRecovery

So honored to receive endorsements for my book from the people I deeply admire ☺️

We’re excited to share that Claire Webb, Berggruen Institute's Dir. of Future Humans, will moderate a conversation with philosopher Rosi Braidotti on Future Relics: Bell Jars, Black-Outs, and Biomes — hosted by the American Academy in Rome. aarome.org/events/rosi-br…

“We are in the era of 24-hour ontologies. Every day, a new landscape. Every day, a new reality.” What happens when the ground shifts faster than thought? Read more in Accept All Cookies: ow.ly/iQpv50VXjxZ