This is a recording of our online event with Michael Hicks on his Game “Dissent on Mars” and simulating postcapitalist economies, which was held on the 6th of June 2025. Find a description of the event below: “Dissent on Mars is a new simulation game that lets players design dozens of different economies to live in, including a democratically planned economy. During this event, developer Michael Hicks will talk about his inspirations for the game, how democratic planning is simulated, the challenges he faced during development, and future plans for the game.”
Hi, I’m Eric, located in Bonn, Germany. I lead the INDEP outreach and events team. So if you or your organisation are interested in joining INDEP, share your work, experience and insights at an event or just want to have a chat, I’m happy to talk about that. I’ve been engaged in strategic network facilitation in the democratic economic planning space for around 5 years now and have facilitated many talks, events and organisational collaborations. As this is my main area of work I’m focusing on organisational-strategic questions in the planning sphere, trying to forge and constantly update a “big picture” view, rather than being a specialist in any particular area of planning. I’m also an artist and curator, having organized an art exhibition called “Art, Design, Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning” in October 23 in Bonn, Germany. To spread the ideas behind it and promote the overall relevance of art and aesthetics in the planning discourse I regularly go on podcasts (I like to talk a lot).
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