1. Towards the Information Society
PSI 2007
Kaido Kikkas
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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 of Work (P. Redmond)
Traditional
clarity
employer
job
career
promotion
degree
Future
vagueness, diversity
client
adding value
portfolio
personal development
lifelong learning

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
do we live to work – or work to live?