An experiment in being human

Human
Day

What happens when 1,000 humans put down their phones, turn off their AI, and simply — finally — connect with each other?

Reserve Your Spot
54% of adults in the US report feeling lonely sometimes or always
7 min the average uninterrupted conversation before someone reaches for their phone
1 day a time to practice being fully, unreservedly human again

The Premise

We have more ways to reach each other than ever before — yet loneliness is at historic levels.

We talk to AI more than we talk to the people sitting next to us. We reach for our phones in the first moment of silence, as if being alone with another person is something to be escaped.

For thousands of years, humans gathered together — often around fires — to connect.

Human Day is that fire, rebuilt for our time.

The Details

One day.
No phones. No AI.
Just humans.

1,000 humans, gathered together with a single purpose
200 rotating circles of five — new group, new practice, every 45 minutes
1 full day. Cell phones off. AI halted. Social media paused. Just you, and the humans in front of you.

The Purpose

This is not a networking event.

You may meet the love of your life here — but that is not the purpose.
You may make a lifelong friend — but that is not the purpose.
You may find your next business partner — but that is not the purpose.
You may land your next job — but that is not the purpose.
There is one purpose:
to practice connecting — to ourselves, and to each other —
with no agenda other than connection itself.

The Circles

Every 45 minutes,
a new group.
A new chance.

A facilitator will introduce a practice — something designed specifically to move past small talk.

Then you'll switch.

New group.
New practice.
New chance.

Some prompts will feel natural. Some will catch you off guard. All of them serve the same purpose: the art of human connection.

It may get uncomfortable. There is no phone to disappear into, no notification to save you from the moment. If it feels strange to be this present with another person — that strangeness is the point. We'll work through it together.

We will be analog humans for the day.

Join Us

Come spend one day
practicing the art of
being human.

And deeply important for human survival.

Reserve Your Spot