Warm Data Lab D.C. - Everybody Laughs #4

Meet new people in a new and deeply interesting way that is full of hope and magic!

You are invited to join us for a playful gathering to share food tapas and Warm Data together on August 22nd from 2:30pm - 5:00 pm at Zorba's Cafe in DuPont Circle (5:30-6:30pm is arrival and food time, Event Starts and Ends 6:45-8:45pm)

We are in interesting times. Ecological upheaval and regeneration, the exponential development of AI, reexamining gender, race and identity, a referendum and a treaty.

“How do we think our way through the messes we’re in when the way we think is part of the mess?” – Nora Bateson (Originator of Warm Data Labs)

What is a Warm Data Lab?

First listen to founder Nora Bateson describe it here:

A Warm Data gathering is like the best after-dinner conversations you have ever had, with people you may have never met. Warm Data Lab experience is not that of another communications tool, method or process but more of a ritual and ceremony that can lead to shifts in perception, communications and action.

Participants share their stories and observations about a common question, moving between small groups to explore the day’s topic from different viewpoints such as family, health, economy, and more. Everyone moves whenever and wherever their curiosity takes them, listening to each other and sharing whatever occurs to them. In the last half-hour, we come back together as one group and share what we’ve noticed and any insights we have gained.

These experiences have been described as a “kaleidoscope of conversation”, packed with enriching stories, laughter, and insight. They nourish the soul, transform the way we approach work, life, and our communities, and ultimately, create space for new relationships to flourish. They can even plant new seeds for community projects to renew and revitalise community life.

In these turbulent times, many of us feel we are standing on unstable ground. Talking together in Warm Data sessions helps us see fresh possibilities for being okay within our changing world.

"I suddenly glimpsed a new way of seeing as I listened to someone else describing her sense of the complexities we all live in right now".

When we come together to share our stories and listen to one another, we expand our view of life, deepen our understanding of what others in our communities are going through, and perhaps even see fresh possibilities.

What is possible when people meet people as people, not as roles, titles, or experts, to discuss the changes we're living through together?

Join us.

***Event Details

• Date: Thursday August 22nd, 2025
• Time: 5:30-6:30pm Food/Arrival - 6:45-8:45pm Event Start-End
• Food: Tapas will be served while you engage in the Warm Data Lab
• Tickets: We need anyone interested in participating to buy their tickets online as early as possible so we are able to buy the food, break even and not stress out too much! Thank you!
• • Ticket Pricing: Break-even, Can Give More, Our Break Even, My Generousity, Donation.
  • Unlimited Space: So invite your friends now!
  • Last minute guests (on event day): Payments can be made by Venmo. Please no cash.

David Byrne:

For any questions: please e-mail us without spaces: hello @ humanomics. Us

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Host or Publisher The International Bateson Institute (IBI)