I have a “big idea,” but it is a challenge to write it simply so I don’t get lost in thousands of words. I see a connection between media, politics, community, and economic developoment that, in a nutshell, is this:
A combination of factors: the large generational cohort of millenials, the changing nature of work that is reflected in the bursty, creative style of what Richard Florida describes as the “creative class,” and the technological advancement of participatory media–e.g. web 2.0–is creating a moment of social change. This change is epic–it reflects the emergence of a new medium of communication that will alter the way we think…which alters our perception of the world…which alters us.
Citizen 2.0 is the participatory response that is coming…it is the re-awakening of community–not a global village, but a re-invigorated local village as our work becomes global while our lives remain local and tied even more substantially to place. And in the midst of all this theory, I believe this is also a fundamental and necessary component of a renewed sense of sustainability…of shared responsibility. The world is changing in many ways, all at once…there will be no gradual evolution here–the revolution has begun and within our generation we will look back on the time we grew up as though the lens of a time machine, unable to even comprehend how much changed so fast.
It is a bright future and a difficult present. But we live in exciting times.
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Hi. I wrote a post on this topic http://www.trendgiorno.com
I believe that is a concept that will eventually evolve to become one of the most relevant in today’s connected world. I focused my post more on the ussage of social media and how we are “socially responsible” to use it (at least most of us). Would love to read your feedback.
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