hybrid reality: digital shaping the world, social matters hk 2014
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"If Facebook was a country": Which of our identities really matter in the future? - How is social media driving new identities? - What does the new face of global identity look like? - Why has "civicism" has replaced nationalism? Speaker: Parag Khanna, Managing Partner, Hybrid RealityTRANSCRIPT
If Facebook Was a Country… Which Iden77es Really Ma;er
in the Future? Dr. Parag Khanna
Social Ma;ers Hong Kong
15 October 2014
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China 1.35bn
India 1.12bn
Facebook 1.2bn
Twitter 271m
Brazil 191m
Indonesia 238m
USA 311m
Is Facebook the 2nd largest country in the world?
Or a gateway to multiple identities?
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Who are these women?!
Friends – and Causes – Across Borders
Up to 300% growth in the number of interna7onal friends (2011-‐2014)
Top Chari*es on Facebook
Jus7giving (UK) Fundrazr
DoSomething
Leading Online Campaign Hubs
Avaaz Change.org Causes.com
Asia Dominates Global Migra7on Flows Surging inter-‐country/region flows
• New direc7ons of flows: West to East; North to South – par7cularly Asia
• Mexico to US net migra7on now flat • “Repats”: US/UK educated Mexicans,
Brazilians, Indians, Chinese, Africans • Post-‐GFC surge into EMs:
• Largest loss of LinkedIn members (2013): US, UK, Italy, France, Spain
• Largest gain of Linked In members (2013): UAE, Switzerland, Nigeria, South Africa, India, Singapore
• Expatriate World: 70 million (1960) to 250 million (2013)
“Thank God I Work for…”: Bridging the Talent Mismatch
Growing Talent Pool Brazil, India, Mexico, China
Growing Talent Deficit
US, Canada, Western Europe
“The Independent Republic of the Supply Chain”
Rise of the Mega-‐City: Urban Archipelagos as Countries unto Themselves
From Ci7zens to “City-‐Zens”: Civicism over Na7onalism