David Mattin, the NEXT Conference’s resident keynoter, opens the conference with a bracing look at where we are now, and what comes next. We are, says David, amid the early days of a shift to a new civilisational system; a new way of living together. Scientific and technological discovery, consumerism, media, health and wellness: so much is set to be transformed. The big question that is looming? In an age of super-competent intelligent machines, what is left for we humans to do? In this talk, David offers his answer.