{"id":679940,"date":"2025-07-14T21:55:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-kwan-and-vr-pioneer-jaron-lanier-to-discuss-storytelling-versus-algorithm-at-studio-b-salon\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:55:24","slug":"daniel-kwan-and-vr-pioneer-jaron-lanier-to-discuss-storytelling-versus-algorithm-at-studio-b-salon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-kwan-and-vr-pioneer-jaron-lanier-to-discuss-storytelling-versus-algorithm-at-studio-b-salon\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Kwan and VR Pioneer Jaron Lanier to Discuss Storytelling Versus Algorithm at Studio B Salon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tOne of the most pressing questions being bandied about in Hollywood circles will be the focal point of a special event featuring two big thinkers presented by Nicolas Berggruen\u2019s Studio B. <\/p>\n

\n\tOscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once<\/em> co-director Daniel Kwan will join virtual reality pioneer, technology<\/a> futurist, writer and musician Jaron Lanier for a conversation \u2014\u00a0headlined with the question \u201cCan human storytelling survive the algorithm?\u201d \u2014 at a private location in West Hollywood, Calif., on July 25.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe night will mark the end of the third edition of Vaster Than Empires (VTE), a speculative storytelling retreat hosted by Berggruen\u2019s Studio B and its Future Humans<\/a> program. The retreat welcomes a roster of 10 emerging screenwriters (selected through an open call) to meet with leaders from the fields of science<\/a>, tech and philosophy as they explore another existential question: What will life become? The summer retreat followed last year\u2019s installment held in Rome, Italy.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe immersive program features visits to NASA\u2019s jet propulsion laboratory, synthetic biology labs and private sessions with biotech, consciousness, film technology and AI insiders as a way to foster \u201cbold, world-building stories at the intersection of science and fiction that imagine the futures we may one day inhabit,\u201d per Studio B. <\/p>\n

\n\tBerggruen himself had something to say about why his team designs such a program and dabbles in the space at this critical juncture. \u201cOur goal with Studio B is to build a bridge between the creative imagination of Hollywood and the frontier thinking of the Berggruen Institute. We believe storytelling has a critical role to play in shaping how societies imagine and build the future,\u201d offered Berggruen in a statement. (On Instagram<\/a>, a thoughtful Berggruen also tackles big topics like evolution, humanity, ideas, climate and geopolitics in easily digestible clips.)<\/p>\n

\n\tStudio B \u2014\u00a0the in-house media<\/a> arm of the Berggruen Institute, founded by the philanthropist and investor who has been referred to as the \u201chomeless billionaire\u201d and a \u201cphilosopher king\u201d per the New York Times<\/a><\/em> \u2014 is led by founders Alex Gardels and Nathalia Ramos An, with Nick Goddard serving as producer and head of development.\u00a0The division has backed similar thought conversations in a salon series<\/a> that has paired Eric Schmidt with Ashton Kutcher, Reid Hoffman with J.J. Abrams, and Yuval Noah Harari with Joseph Gordon-Levitt about the human implications of advanced technology. Studio B also has an ongoing partnership with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to explore tech, philosophical, and cultural transformations in film and produces the Berggruen Institute\u2019s podcast, Futurology<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tMore information about the division can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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