In 2050 network logic, what so many bestsellers advocate nowadays - will be fully fledged - and that is going to change, well, everything.
It may seem like a pompous statement - but those of us who are old enough to remember the world 39 years ago can testify that, indeed, everything was different then. As the network effect with digital technology began to turn over unprecedented competencies to citizens, instead of mass communication, the average Jane and Joe could select their own media consumption, their personal interaction and most of the knowledge they obtain. That changed how business and politics was done. In later decades new and innovative forms of civic engagement became be the rule, not the exception— not because the noble notions of the Enlightenment required that it was so, but simply because politics was pushed in that direction. By liberating the potential for mass creativity we may be able to cope with the tremendous challenges of the second part of our century. This might be essential because some of the challenges are springing from the very same disembeddednes and de-authorization process which are an integral part of the operation of the digital networks.
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Monty Python: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life " If life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've forgotten..."
Author: Tibor Dessewffy
