Rotterdam Social Week September 23rd, 2014 Rotterdam Frans van der Reep Dark side of Tech? There you go

Context creates Meaning. Lack of meaning creates distrust and rules

Change of context How does a paradigm shift feel? Cape Town

Context changes: Are you guided by understanding or by ideology? Mental Models change Business Logic changes New Technologies Changes accelerate Big brother or social physics?

Paradise or Middle Ages?

Did you ever

find yourself in an unforeseen unwanted situation

Did you ever get lost arrive late choose wrong get sick or injured misjudge and misstep fall out a tree, bump your head end up in an unforeseen situation have an exciting moment experience the new enjoy a lesson develop grow

Don’t worry

it will never be enjoyed happen again

Get connected

and surrender share your experiences

Get equipped

and leave nothing to wonder chance

Computer says

no need to explore anticipate

Computer says noyesleftright h48min 97 dB room bpm45% humid. 07:30AM 20 °C low on iron181.9 km2.500 kcal you have a meeting 52°15'N,4°26'Eyou have new mail high on cortisol dish not compatible with dietbranch not strong enough you have 22 missed calls running out of gas/milk/luck

Follow instructions

and you shall be vegetated delivered

Follow instructions TO act adequately on an ever increasing amount of stimuli with total efficiency which leaves more time for the possibility to act adequately on an ever increasing amount of stimuli with total efficiency which leaves more time for the possibility to act adequately on an ever increasing amount of stimuli with total efficiency which leaves more time for WHAT EXACTLY

Upload your brain

and you shall be absorbed immortal as gods

But maybe

If used correctly

It just might be a great rat race opportunity

KEEP T REAL

Tech, Coming soon…. Do It Yourself biology NIBC convergence of nano, biology, information and cognitive sciences Robotising, 3D printing Sensorising (van sensors around,near, on, in us) Wearable Tech Scanning and Tagging and Tracing + Indoor GPS Internet of Things Big Data and Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence and Behavioural models Machines that decide: “Watson” - CAAS (Cognition as a Service) Emotional Aware Software Gamification Nano Machine2Machine DNA

E. Moglen says that free software is a fundamental requirement for a democratic and free society in which we are surrounded by and dependent upon technical devices. Only if controlling these devices is open to all via free software, we can balance power equally.free software “This generation is the last one to decide to live as a robot or to live in freedom” Eben Moglen

“Drones”: What about machines that decide&operate?

live my livelive my live do my job/tasksdo my job/tasks feel goodfeel good look goodlook good save moneysave money find entertainmentfind entertainment live a healthy lifelive a healthy lifedecide achieve my ambitions and goalsachieve my ambitions and goals increase my power to act wiselyincrease my power to act wisely be surprisedbe surprised live a meaningful and joyful lifelive a meaningful and joyful life keep myself informedkeep myself informed support my loved one'ssupport my loved one's Help me to:

Where are we going in 2020 ‘Fressen’: Being selfish Exclusion ‘Moral’: The greater common good Connection Decentralised, local solutions Scratch card behaviourNew civilianship Central solutionsPolitical corporatesEnlightened management Reference: It may go either way. Exclusion as the new societal trend?.(in) SecondSight the Desert Issue nr 38, page The Middle Ages in the Internet Area,

Tech&Stewardship?

References, for further reading Social media and Social Companies, a vision on new requirements for future software in the networked economy, BP Quarterly, year 1, November 2010, p Social media and Social Companies, a vision on new requirements for future software in the networked economy, BP Quarterly, year 1, November 2010, p , nr 1 From Schedule Push to Reality Pull, European Retail Digest Issue 48, winter 2005, p Digital world, searching for a personal perspective, 2007 It may go either way. Exclusion as the new societal trend?.(in) SecondSight, the Desert Issue nr 38, page Social Physics dogma-s-sneuvelen.dhtml The Middle Ages in the Internet-era: What is happening around us? (1995, 2001, 2010) publications Frans van der Reep