Machinery of strange purposes pepper our modern landscape like spirits and stories. Media-makers (cameras, thermal sensors, microphones), cell towers, broadcasting gateways, transcribe our souls onto ...

Choice: autonomy in a automated world Technology is deeply woven in all aspects of modern life. It promises lives that are better, easier, and faster, it also…

TLDR: 1RG is now a not-for-profit and you could help shape its future 1RG Space has never been about making a profit. As founders, we strived to make it sustainable but never expected it to be profitable. We always thought of it as more of a community resource

It's your regularly scheduled 1RG community dinner! As usual, we’ll be serving a home-cooked vegetarian dinner. All you have to bring is yourself, and any…

An exploration of work as a site of moral courage and collective action. Viet Vu leads economics research at the Dais as Manager, Economic Research. Prior to…

A conversation between Benjamin Lappalainen and Michelle Jia, moderated by Brian Sholis about what it feels like to make art at the present moment. We're told…

A panel of teens discussing what they wish technologists knew about being a teenager online. Wayfinding: conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in…

A lively conversation about democracy, technology, and what it means to be rooted in accountability at a human scale. Wayfinding: conversations about…

Wayfinding: conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in modern life. We live in a moment where our trust in tech companies to protect our privacy…

Wayfinding: conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in modern life. We live in a moment where our trust in tech companies to protect our privacy…

We're super excited to announce Wayfinding, a new event series at 1RG that we’ve been working on with Jenny Zhang and Jen Dodd, and we hope you’ll join us at the first event on January 28th.  We live in a moment where our trust in tech companies to

Community Dinners are at the core of the 1RG origin story. I might go as far as saying that 1RG would not exist if it wasn't for this tradition. Back in February 2022 Max and I were on a phone call r...

Have you wondered what the difference is between a 1RG Member and a Friend of 1RG? We have too, and we finally have an answer: there isn’t one.

It's your regularly scheduled 1RG community dinner! As usual, we’ll be serving a home-cooked vegetarian dinner. All you have to bring is yourself, and any…

Join us for a 1RG Documentary Insights presentation of “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics” followed by a panel discussion. Plastic People is…

As a legal battle over the province's plans for Ontario's bike lanes continues, some Toronto aid groups say they are at risk of shutting down food delivery programs if key bike lanes in the city are r...

A conference + unconference for organizers, innovators, and community builders interested in creating a better future of public life.

Not exactly a call to touch grass — but something like it

1RG is a container for experiments in reimagining the relationship between community and technology. In the first half of this year we dipped our toes into the world of incubators. Here’s how it went ...

Technology is deeply woven into our culture. However too often, the public conversation of tech focuses on either unrestrained hype or outright…

The year was 2015, and I was visiting Berlin with my friend Lyn. She would go on to move there, but at the time we were both job searching after our batch at the Recurse Centre and visiting the city f...

Earlier this spring we launched the 1RG incubator to support projects at the intersection of community and technology, and invited 6 folks to join our first…

It's your regularly scheduled 1RG community dinner! As usual, we’ll be serving a home-cooked vegetarian dinner. All you have to bring is yourself, and any…

Many people are turned off by the prospect of using social media to achieve personal or professional goals. Whether it's the tone of the online arena or the…

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