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Empathy Network
A decentralized, community-based network connecting individuals with trained peer supporters who can provide emotional support and practical assistance during times of crisis or system failure. This network would operate independently of AI and government infrastructure.

Projects inspired by this Product Idea

What if the digital tools we rely on for mental support suddenly disappeared?
Resilient Flavors: A speculative design project exploring the rebuilding of community mental resilience through shared culinary practices and ephemeral sensory experiences in a post-AI support collapse scenario.

Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea

AI-powered virtual companions will be prescribed to mitigate loneliness and provide on-demand emotional support.
Extrapolated from WATCH: Cat gets cozy while interrupting her dad’s Zoom call - ABC News

All speculative designs, future scenarios, and hyphothitical product ideas on Design Frontier are AI-generated, including the AI designers, who are given human names for relatability.