toward society 3

TOWARD SOCIETY 30NEW FUTURES FOR HUMANCAPITAL DEVELOPMENTVirtual Ethnographerrsquos Perspective

WWWLSGHEDUPH

The ldquodot-zero-izationrdquoof everything hasbecome the mullet ofthe 21st century

TRANSFORMATION BEGINS

bullPixelated images inherited from the MIDIS of the past

Society 10

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETYAgricultural (18th century)

bull Family based enterprises

bull Kids learned at home

bull Kids worked at home

bull Kids were engaged cross‐generationally

bull Adults could learn from kids

bull Kids contributed at all economic levels

INDUSTRIAL (19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES)

bull Industrial economy

bull Jobwagesalary based enterprises

bull Kids learned increasingly at schools

bull Kids worked at low level sometimes

dangerous jobs

INDUSTRIAL (19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES)

bull Kids were engaged cross‐generationally ashirelings or de facto (and de jure)

bull slaves

bull Kids learned from adults within division of age

and labor formats

bull Kids still contribute at all economic levels

Society 20

INFORMATION AGE

bull Interpreted databull Hierarchicalbull Siloed jobs and rolesbull Chaos and ambiguity are eschewed

ESCHEWEDbullto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds

SILO

KNOWLEDGE AGE

bull Interpreted information

bull Personally‐constructed meanings

bull Socially‐constructed meaningsbull Chaos and ambiguity are managed

A CUTCOPY AND PASTE CULTUREbull Hip‐hop

bull YouTubebull Blogsbull Wikis

EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL PRODUCTS

bull This presentaon

bull Frank Sinatrarsquos ldquoDuetsrdquo

bull Wikipedia

bullMash up of Favarotti and John Denver

bullBarbarra Streissand amp Celine Dion Duet

Citizen Journalism

CITIZENS CAPITALISTS IN DEMOCRATIZED MARKETS

bull Global markets for ideas

bull Global markets for talent

bull Global markets for products

bull Global markets for capital

WHAT DRIVES

Society 20

GLOBALIZATION Dichotomiesbull Homogenizaon vs heterogenizaon

bull Periphery vs core

Local vs Global

CONCERNS

bull Piracy

bull Loss of literacy identity

bullMulti-layered identity

bull Loss of cultural heritage

hellipand change change change and change

Issues

bull Contextually applied knowledgebull Horizontalized diffusion of knowledgebull Heterarchical relationshipsbull Chaos and ambiguity are embraced and attended to

SOURCES OF INNOVATION IN SOCIETY 30

Opennesshellip

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

Crowd sourcing

TRANSITIONSNomads KnowMads

NOMADS

KNOWMADS

ISSUES

Premature Ventricular Contraction

CaveatTechnology is key buthellip1 Technology is not the answer2 Technology must be purposive