Amit Zoran – The Compass in the Fog: Perception and Navigation in a Technological Age
Is the Best Way to Navigate Uncertainty Not by Better Maps, but by Deeper Perception?
We live in an era of dissolving structures. The maps we once trusted are losing their edges and the certainty we built our thinking around is giving way to something more fluid, more alive, and far more demanding.
This talk steps into that fog. Drawing on immersive engagement with forest landscapes and deep inquiry into how consciousness meets the world, it explores a different kind of navigation. One that doesn’t begin with a destination but with perception itself. What happens when we stop treating intuition and situated awareness as noise, and start recognising them as signals? At a moment when technology is reshaping not just what we see but how we see, the forest has something to teach us about moving without a fixed path. This talk asks what we might learn from that.
This talk will be followed by a live Q&A with Prof Amit Zoran.
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About the speaker:
Amit Raphael Zoran is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem whose work explores the intersections of technology, perception, and the living world. Trained in computer science and design, he researches human–AI interaction, digital fabrication, and the philosophy of technological mediation. Alongside his academic work, he investigates how consciousness, environment, and technological systems shape human experience, often drawing on long-term field engagement in forest landscapes. He is the author of several books and projects that bridge science, ecology, and contemplative practice.
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