the weird is yet to come - what do we want from a connected world?

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The Weird Is Yet To ComeWhat do we want out of a connected world?

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We didn’t see it coming.

I.

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“Intuitions are not yet tuned for spambot clothes sellers.”

— Tim Maly (Quiet Babylon)

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Intuitions aren’t tuned to spam appearing on our

picture frames either.

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“We apologize for any offence our algorithms may have caused”

— Solid Gold Bomb

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“A single mysterious computer program made up 4 percent of all quote traffic in the

U.S. stock market last week[,…]”“The motive of the algorithm is still unclear.”

— CNBC

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“A single mysterious computer program made up 4 percent of all quote traffic in the

U.S. stock market last week[,…]”“The motive of the algorithm is still unclear.”

— CNBC

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“A Better Document

Access System”

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“The truth is no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.”

— Newsweek, 1995

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“The truth is no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.”

— Newsweek, 1995

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Now look where we are…

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We still don’t see it coming.

II.

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“The conference is dedicated to the post-digital era. Why? Because the digital

revolution is over, digital has won. It is no longer new and innovative, as today

we take its use for granted.”— NEXT Conference, 2012

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Jevons Paradox“technological progress that increases the efficiency with

which a resource is used tends to increase (rather than

decrease) the rate of consumption of that resource.”

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Jevons Paradox

“The cheaper it is to consume» just one more «

the more we will use it.”

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1.5 GFLOPS

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1.5 GFLOPS

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Creatively Wasting Transistors— Alan Kay

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“Rather than reserve computing power for core information processing, Kay used outrageous amounts of it for frivolous stuff like drawing cartoons on the screen. Those cartoons—icons, windows, pointers, and animations—became the graphical user interface.”

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Stop worrying about connectivity.Work on what it will mean.

III.

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“Communications tools don't get socially

interesting until they get technologically boring.”

— Clay Shirky

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“Communications tools don't get socially

interesting until they get technologically boring.”

— Clay Shirky

Anything, really…

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Consider connectivity solved.

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Xbox,anyone?

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Video at https://vimeo.com/41686651

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“Car Surprise – when you find your car somewhere unexpected and witness your vehicle engaging in unexpected activities

e.g. pickup up flowers at the mall”— Jan Chipchase

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“Trailer Trashing – where dodgy looking vehicles are assigned to trail an otherwise apparent owner either as a joke or to send

a message, e.g. a hearse sent by a debt collection agency to scare-up payment”

— Jan Chipchase

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“OK Glass —Where’s my charger?”

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Martin Spindler

Strategy ConsultantInternet of Things | Smart Energy

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