Technology and social movements
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The document discusses emerging technologies and their potential role in social movements. It outlines how technological transformations like increased connectivity and computing power, combined with societal shifts, may be reaching a tipping point. New collaboration platforms could harness these forces, scaling mass collaboration to millions of people. Specific projects mentioned include Open Project Infrastructure to match collaborators through metadata, and an ecosystem rollout approach across issues like climate change and local foods. Current projects under development include Isofractal, a "cloud operating system" for mass collaboration, and PartyX, aiming to develop new collaborative decision-making models and movement building. Crowdsourcing is presented as a way to fund high-risk social change work without traditional institutional funding.
Technology and social movements
- 1. Technology and Social Movements
- 2. “We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
- 4. Technology Focus...Private Client Investment advisory and Investment BankingScotia McLeod: Private Client investment services for 7 years
- 5. Big Cap tech focus... Intel, Cisco, Oracle
- 6. Participated in dot com explosion!
- 7. Catalyst Capital Partners: investment banking and strategic advisory services for 5 years
- 8. Raised $1,000,000 for several early stage tech companies
- 10. Wireless
- 11. Did M&A transaction for mobile messaging platformOpenKollabExploring the power of open collaborationGlobal virtual community of 280+ technologists, academics and change agents
- 12. Co-founded with two others...
- 13. Discussion space to network, exchange ideas and stimulate projects
- 14. Resulted in several innovative models/projects
- 18. Open Manufacturing EcosystemCurrent Context
- 19. Technological TransformationThe Forces at PlayBroadband ProliferationReal Time Infrastructure Increase in Processing PowerPower at Edge of NetworkDecrease in Cost of MemoryHigh VISIBILITY and ConnectednessSimultaneously...
- 20. Values TransformationThe Forces at PlayClimate ChangeFinancial Market CollapseDiscontent!Shifts in Global Balance of PowerAlienation and Fragmentation in Western CultureAbsence of Holistic/Spiritual Context
- 21. The Tipping PointThe Forces at PlayValues TransformationThe Tipping Point!!Technological Transformation So What Now?
- 22. The New ParadigmWhere we are going and where we need to go
- 23. How Can We Think About Revolution?
- 24. Visibility, Representation and Group Consciousness
- 25. Is there a virtual analogue?
- 26. Imagine this number being 100,000,000!!How, you ask?
- 27. Highly Scalable Mass Collaboration Platforms... Two different approachesOpen Project Infrastructure‘Bootstrapping’
- 28. PlatformEcosystem RolloutPlatformOpen Project InfrastructureBootstrapping...Need to solve two problems...
- 29. CollaborationProject MatchingHow Does Matching Work?
- 30. Project Matching via Meta- Data By analysing projects, we plan to develop project meta-data analogous to the personal meta-data used by dating sitesPROJECT META-DATAPERSONAL META-DATAMissionGoalsLeaderTeamMilestonesAgeSexHeightInterestsHobbiesNote that Visible Personal Meta-Data is a recent phenomena. Why not Visible Project Meta-Data?
- 31. Open Project ArchitectureMultiple Platforms... ‘bootstrapping’Workstream 1Workstream 2Workstream 3Each workstream is supported by a set of virtual toolsGoogle Group
- 32. Skype Chat
- 33. Wiki
- 34. Facebook GroupWorkstreams... A real example...ProM has three workstreams each with a particular mandate and set of interaction spaces enabled by certain toolsMetaDataOutreachTechnologyMandate is to identify the meta-data that can facilitate matchingMandate is to identify candidate groups for matching and to develop engagement strategyMandate is to both identify and test tools for internal use as well as support ProMplatform development
- 36. What Is An Ecosystem?Climate ChangeForestryProject 1Project 2 Project 3OceansProject 1Project 2 Project 3Land UseProject 1Project 2 Project 3What might a ‘Facebook like’ platform that connected ecosystems look like?
- 41. IsofractalTeam: Curtis Faith, Kenny Kasajian, Suresh Fernando‘Cloud Operating System’ for mass collaborationApplication development frameworkBased on ecosystem modelWill roll out within ecosystemsInitial Ecosystem FocusSocial FinanceLocal Foods
- 45. PartyX... A few details...The problem(s)Democracy is a flawed mechanism for reflecting the ‘aggregate satisfaction’ of large numbers of peopleWe need decision making models that work across organizational boundaries (trans organizational collab.)A new model (set of algorithms) for collaborative decision makingWill involve a ‘movement building’ aspect
- 46. CrowdsourcingThe Evolution of TribeSourcing
- 47. Crowdsourcing... Initial thoughtsWhy crowdsourcing?... No money for high risk social change projects (period)Hard to get money from institutions if you are a change agent trying to change the institutional frameworkMyself and my partner, Joe Brewer, raised $5,000 to draft a paper on “Crowdsourcing Social Movements”