abundance in a time of scarcity ( institute for the future 2011 conference)
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Presented at Institute for the Future: Technology Horizons 2011 Fall ConferenceTRANSCRIPT
Abundance In a time of ScarcityJay Nath2011 Technology Horizons, IFTF
Scarcityis the new norm
DeficitScarcity of resources
DeficitScarcity of solutions
Yet abundance is all around us if…
Digital Abundance
Data.Gov
Sharing Local Data
Voting Patterns
311 Data311 Visualized
Next Bus
Real-time Parking Availability
Community Data
June 2009
March 2010
Today
How did we get here?
Power of Standards
Power of Collaboration
106
Tech Community
104
City Staff
102
City Innovators
Power of the Community
Cognitive Abundance
The Success of Open Source
Closed Systems
Architecture of Participation
Ideation + Realization
Leveraging citizen expertise to solve problems for local
business, nonprofits and the City
Skills-based Matching
Online/Offline Opportunities