'IMAGINE' OUR WORLD …
14Jan2012
THE NEXT "REAL" THING AFTER SOCIAL ...
13Jan2012
The next big thing in collaboration is co-creation, not social. Organizational structures in business and other fields still hang on to silos of collaboration today. By adding social tools, communication accelerated but not necessarily increased the overall quality of collaboration. Social Networks defined their strategy more openly around the questionable business value of squeezing customer data into targeted ad-sales. This demonstrates how crowds are trapped in allegedly open social platforms where streams increasingly are swamped with commercial content. Content is figuratively drowning in the flood of promotion and advertisement. People feel like they are tied into roller-coaster carts not being able to emotionally handle this endless ride. Burnouts and stress reflect this information overload. Decoupling from nature and a healthy life-balance peaked in our culture where the collapsing money system and ailing government structures show that change is immanent. Although this is persistently litigated the number of individuals searching for an alternative is significantly on the rise. An estimated number of 500 million people worldwide are actively engaged in the search for a viable co-creative life-balance, connecting with like-minded and the natural elements of nature. The longing for change, the increasing awareness of global connectedness and regional viability are reasons why more and more people do what work in the future might look like using this largely untapped resource.
MY PROBLEM WITH WRITING - IN WORDS - by Jonas Grøn
20Dez2011
Not so long ago we had a visit at Knowmads from the MyEyesNetwork where Joachim Lohkamp did a What the F*ck Lecture on the journey from open spaces and connections to co-creation and integration. In the presentation this journey involved a lot of personal development and authenticity circulating a center of reflection. A bit hard to explain in words at all which is why the presentation was based on a 3D spiral which… read more
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other - by Sherry Turkle
15Okt2011
Book Review
As the digital age sparks increasing debate about what new technologies and increased connectivity are doing to our brains, comes this chilling examination of what our iPods and iPads are doing to our relationships from MIT professor Turkle (Simulation and Its Discontents). In this third in a trilogy that explores the relationship between humans and technology, Turkle argues that people are increasingly functioning without face-to-face contact. For all the talk of convenience and connection derived from texting, e-mailing, and social networking, Turkle reaffirms that what humans still instinctively need is each other, and she encounters dissatisfaction and alienation among users: teenagers whose identities are shaped not by self-exploration but by how they are perceived by the online collective, mothers who feel texting makes communicating with their children more frequent yet less substantive, Facebook users who feel shallow status updates devalue the true intimacies of friendships. Turkle 's prescient book makes a strong case that what was meant to be a way to facilitate communications has pushed people closer to their machines and further away from each other.
With the recent explosion of increasingly sophisticated cell-phone technology and social networking websites like Twitter and Facebook, a casual observer might understandably conclude that human relationships are blossoming like never before. But according to MIT science professor Turkle, that assumption would be sadly wrong. In the third and final volume of a trilogy dissecting the interface between humans and technology, Turkle suggests that we seem determined to give human qualities to objects and content to treat each other as things. In her university-sponsored studies surveying everything from text-message usage among teens to the use of robotic baby seals in nursing homes for companionship, Turkle paints a sobering and paradoxical portrait of human disconnectedness in the face of expanding virtual connections in cell-phone, intelligent machine, and Internet usage. Despite her reliance on research observations, Turkle emphasizes personal stories from computer gadgetry’s front lines, which keeps her prose engaging and her message to the human species—to restrain ourselves from becoming technology’s willing slaves instead of its guiding masters—loud and clear.
As the digital age sparks increasing debate about what new technologies and increased connectivity are doing to our brains, comes this chilling examination of what our iPods and iPads are doing to our relationships from MIT professor Turkle (Simulation and Its Discontents). In this third in a trilogy that explores the relationship between humans and technology, Turkle argues that people are increasingly functioning without face-to-face contact. For all the talk of convenience and connection derived from texting, e-mailing, and social networking, Turkle reaffirms that what humans still instinctively need is each other, and she encounters dissatisfaction and alienation among users: teenagers whose identities are shaped not by self-exploration but by how they are perceived by the online collective, mothers who feel texting makes communicating with their children more frequent yet less substantive, Facebook users who feel shallow status updates devalue the true intimacies of friendships. Turkle 's prescient book makes a strong case that what was meant to be a way to facilitate communications has pushed people closer to their machines and further away from each other.
With the recent explosion of increasingly sophisticated cell-phone technology and social networking websites like Twitter and Facebook, a casual observer might understandably conclude that human relationships are blossoming like never before. But according to MIT science professor Turkle, that assumption would be sadly wrong. In the third and final volume of a trilogy dissecting the interface between humans and technology, Turkle suggests that we seem determined to give human qualities to objects and content to treat each other as things. In her university-sponsored studies surveying everything from text-message usage among teens to the use of robotic baby seals in nursing homes for companionship, Turkle paints a sobering and paradoxical portrait of human disconnectedness in the face of expanding virtual connections in cell-phone, intelligent machine, and Internet usage. Despite her reliance on research observations, Turkle emphasizes personal stories from computer gadgetry’s front lines, which keeps her prose engaging and her message to the human species—to restrain ourselves from becoming technology’s willing slaves instead of its guiding masters—loud and clear.