SOCIAL WAVE
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tbd / social foresight glossary
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tbd / social wave glossary
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CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY
question: will "the social" be a solution reservoir for the burning issues of our time?
global ecological destruction
to stop!
transformation to sustainable economy
stop the loss of biodiversity
global energy system
to reboot!
transformation to renewables
global poverty + migration
to fight!
global development + education
to foster!
global demographic change
to handle!
low birth + aging in industrial countries
high birthrate in developing countries
global diseases + pandemics
to prepare!
poltical instability/war/terrorism
to strengthen: cooperative mind/empathy/ ethical orientation
to be done: create global core ethics?
Big Transformation
tbd / the social as ...
normative target
responding to deficits in the social reality, local, global
manipulative mechanism
manipulated
industrialized
commoditized
commercialized
advertised
promoted
normalized
hyped
object
scientific object
measured
analyzed
deconstructed
destructed
technically distorted
model to apply in technical systems
socionics
socio robotics
Neue Idee
model to apply in social systems
relation
reciprocal cognitve and/or emotional relation
graph
desire
tbd / controversies
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DIMENSIONS of the social wave
SOCIAL MEDIA internet-based sociality
social networks
social media in a narrow sense
citizen journalism
social life on the web, web as a social web (it always was), sharing mechanisms, interaction, conversation, gaming, virtual worlds
... INTERSPHERE? [time horizon +10 years] the socio-technological interference field will lead to cultural and lifestyle changee, cyborgisation of the social space: growing dependency of assistive systems, social networks, to organsize social life + contact people, socio-technological complex changes our culture and self-concept, conflict areas
conflict areas, privacy, over-sharing, social info overload, losing empathy
POWER SHIFT transformational power of internet
exactly it is "internet-based social connectivity"
political transformations, example: Arab revolutions "Social media may have been integral to the Arab revolutions and revolts of 2011." (controversial topic)
world-changing / global transition
from organisational/institutinoal forms to swarms + (meme) waves
new ways to work + organize, Co-Working, the impact of the digital lifestyle • change of the social graph • change of the "ecosystem of relations" (weak/strong ties; real friends; family) • change of the behavioral patterns in the social space (to friend/unfriend/follow/unfollow)
examples, http://www.betterplace.org, http://www.betterplace-lab.org, http://echo.to http://www.facebook.com/echo.agora
conflict areas, loss of power, ex.: Wikileaks, swarm power / swarm politics, ex.: Obama winning, post-institutional era, new leadership rules
SOCIAL INNOVATION creating new social patterns
"Social innovation refers to new strategies, concepts, ideas and organizations ..." Wikipedia
new methods to organize, create and manage ... doing things differently ... (a methodological wave)
• open innovation • co-creation • collaborative creativity, the social setting as a catalyst for productivity
SOCIAL CAPITAL, growing awareness for the relevance of "social capital", "Social capital is a sociological concept, which refers to connections within and between social networks." (Wikipedia), conflict areas, tbd, using social mechanics in a manipulative way
conflict areas, intellectual property, openness / abused, authorship
SOCIAL SECTOR new forms to organize and act
growing relevance and influence of NGO/Civil Society in political dynamics
SOCIAL BUSINESS solving problems with new business models
impact on poverty, education, health, technology access, and environment
Type I: providing a product and/or service with a specific social, ethical or environmental goal
Type II: profit-oriented business that is owned by the poor or other underprivileged parts of the society
special examples, micro finance, micro insurance
conflict areas, tbd, balancing between profit/non-profit dynamics
THIS MAP IS WORK IN PROGRESS - not complete, not accurate
Who is this?
initiator: http://willischroll.com
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What is "Social Foresight"? • It is foresight research directed to the emerging "social wave" in the 21st century • Other meaning, narrow: It is foresight research directed to
AVALANCHE OF SOLUTIONS (trends+innovations to watch)
gamification
examples • http://playinterrobang.com/
heads/thoughtleaders • Jane McGonigal “Gaming can make a better world” http://janemcgonigal.com/
