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Towards the Information Society

Explore the shift towards an information-based economy, vital skills for the future of work, and the hacker mindset in this document. Learn about the magic of networked societies and the importance of flexibility and social interaction in the modern era of rapid change.

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Towards the Information Society

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  1. PSI 2007 Kaido Kikkas Towards the Information Society This document uses the GNU Free Documentation License (v1.2 or newer).

  2. The Rapids of Change • Hunting/gathering => agriculture • Industrial => ??? • Virtually unlimited production AND destruction capabilities • The planet DOES have its limits

  3. Sources • Robert Theobald • Charles Handy • Manuel Castells • Vint Cerf • Paul Redmond • Pekka Himanen

  4. Immigrants to the new time • “Let the young learn, old ones know”?? • Not any more • Learning: hierarchical => networked • Estonian proverb: “A man learns throughout the life, but dies a fool anyway” • Constructed knowledge

  5. Mindquake • Concept by Robert Theobald • A certain point in the process of change where the old model and old understanding lose their meaning - a new one must be obtained or constructed • The main skill – how to cut the long fall into many small descents (it is much wiser to use stairs) • “May you live in interesting times!” - turn the curse into a blessing

  6. Shift of focus • It used to be "The one who has the most stuff at his death will win" • New focus: the person • Not individualism but perfection via social interaction • Differences will be valued • Actually amazingly similar to the hacker mindset described by Himanen

  7. Handy's nine paradoxes • intelligence • work • productivity • time • riches • organizations • aging • individual • justice

  8. Castells' information society • information-based economy • global economy • network enterprise • changes in work and employment • social exclusion and polarisation • the culture of true virtuality • hard and dirty politics • timeless time • space of flows

  9. Vital skills: education • Diverse models of education • Same/different time/place

  10. Future vagueness, diversity client adding value portfolio personal development lifelong learning Future of Work (P. Redmond) • Traditional • clarity • employer • job • career • promotion • degree

  11. Vital skills cont'd • The main keyword – flexibility (plus a good base education) • Ex: Japan • McJob (D. Coupland)

  12. The work • Gomberg: the Whirling Dervish economy • Handy: labour => skill => knowledge • Himanen: monastery vs academy • Freedom vs responsibility. Burnout! • Handy: return of the guilds

  13. Networked society • Is the society the same in networks? • Does cyberspace exist? • Changes in communication (Ex: mobile) • Vint Cerf: in Internet, the variety of communication measures is the key

  14. The magic solution? • Should we just connect everyone in Africa? • Estonia: a dangerous experiment that paid off • What to learn from King Koko

  15. Hacker Ethic (P. Himanen) • The work should also be a hobby • Life is not totally serious • Greed is a Bad Thing • Is our life a Friday or a Sunday? • Passionate life

  16. do we live to work – or work to live? A final thought

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