Tag: Society

How will distributed autonomous organisations reshape our culture?

By Adam Tinworth

Culture is just the operating system of our societies. If you change how we organise using DAOs, you will inevitably change our culture.
The right things to do

By Martin Recke

Doing the right things implies that we know what the right things are. Overwhelming complexity makes this a challenge.
Global tribalism: can we adapt to it?

By Adam Tinworth

Tribalism is fundamental to humanity - we always gather in communities. But the internet has allowed us to bothe connect globally, while isolating ourselves locally. Therein lies the danger.
We’re trapped in a toxic cycle of fragmentation and centralisation

By Adam Tinworth

Fragmentation is getting a really bad press, right now. There are some good reasons for that.
Forget augmented reality — we’re already living in an augmented society.

By Adam Tinworth

As the internet relentlessly connects us, people grow more lonely. Maybe some of the problems aren't digital at all…
NEXT18 Themes #2: Preparing our societies for transformational technology

By Adam Tinworth

The speakers on day two of NEXT18 dove deeper into the things about humanity that technology can't change - and thus challenged us to address the factors we can.
Jamie Bartlett: The outsiders changing the world

By Adam Tinworth

Radicals and insurgents are often laughted at or ignored. But their narratives can be compelling - and change the way poltics operates.
The real impact of self-driving cars: an end to human drivers

By Adam Tinworth

Will self-driving cars see the final end of human drivers? Here's a compelling argument that they will.
Revenge, selfies and neoreactionaries: what the internet is doing to our society

By Adam Tinworth

The internet is profoundly shifting our sense of self - for good and ill. Can we promote the good and resist the bad?
Social Media Week: The Integration Dilemma

By Adam Tinworth

Social Media Week - which just concluded - highlighted the tension between those who wanted to contain social media to certain parts of businesses, and those who want it to utterly transform the cultural landscape.
The Personal Data Economy – and What It all Means