Business and social systems being transformed by emerging trends and technologies
Clay Shirky explaining how we find time for Internet activities, contributing to new media such as Wikipedia - our cognitive surplus that has been distracted by TV...
| Topic | Description |
| Education | Methods invented for the industrial revolution do not satisfy the 21st Century. Failure to change our education systems is doing a massive disservice to our next generation |
| I.T. | I.T. is still a very immature industry - comparable to where building architecture was at during medieval times. Time to rethink the I.T. department |
| Marketing | The Internet is changing how we communicate with each other and is challenging traditional distribution channels. Will it kill Marketing? No. But it will change the definition of what marketing (and its sibling Advertising) is |
| New Business | How start-ups, small businesses, non-profits and charities can take advantage of new technologies to build successful business and social systems at minimal cos |
| Politics | The Internet challenges traditional politics in two ways: our geographical borders are becoming less relevant and we are becoming increasingly aware of how people are treated by different government systems |
| Work | The world of work is changing and there is growing evidence to support the need for companies to adapt their organisational systems |
YouTube video about Jacque Fresco and why how we envision the future is influenced by our current view (and experience) of civilisation and social/political systems