Chhavi, a first-year MS SDM student, drew inspiration for this project from class discussions on old and new power, and the changing idea of trust. Intrigued by Jeremy Heiman’s talk at the ESPAS Conference, Chhavi explored the increasingly frequent and important breakthroughs in technology – particularly in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Biotechnology.

A new world, a new economy and a new society are underway. Innovation – coupled with shifting values of trust and power – will inevitably impact how people go about their lives in the future. From how we communicate, shop and do business to ways in which governments function, the idea of exchanging value is in its nascent stage of being decentralised with cryptocurrencies. For her exploratory model, Chhavi based her hypothesis on this emergent shift.