Free Thinking Weaves New Social Media (In China) Isaac Mao Social Brain Foundation http://www.socialbrain.org 2007/4

Free Thinking Perception model

Perception model

Blocked Intelligence Harm to creativity “Wrong” “ Wrong” “Right” “ Right”? “ Right” ?? “ Wrong” “ Right” ???

Harm to creativity

Free Thinking Problems in China “Right” or “Wrong” education One tune “harmony” (Where’s diversity?) Stockholm Syndrome 1) Compromise voluntarily 2) “Silent majority, but noisy mobs”

“Right” or “Wrong” education

One tune “harmony” (Where’s diversity?)

Stockholm Syndrome

1) Compromise voluntarily

2) “Silent majority, but noisy mobs”

Thinking Models in China Silence ~90% Defense ~7% Functional ~1% Aggressive ~1% Free ~0.5% Please don't be surprise their responses and conclude too quickly.

Silence ~90%

Defense ~7%

Functional ~1%

Aggressive ~1%

Free ~0.5%

Please don't be surprise their responses and conclude too quickly.

Blogging Improves Free Thinking Input/Output balance Self-organized learning: writing and publishing, creating and sharing Trust networking Collaborating New social identity

Input/Output balance

Self-organized learning: writing and publishing, creating and sharing

Trust networking

Collaborating

New social identity

New Social Media Grassroots fabric “Meme” transmission with trust No single point of failure Re-organize social structure Source: Zoula.com

Grassroots fabric

“Meme” transmission with trust

No single point of failure

Re-organize social structure

Outputting… China Blogosphere (40M bloggers) Web 2.0 (~10 “flickrs”, ~100 “youtubes”) SNS (~50 “myspaces”) Instant Messengers (QQ:80M, MSN:40M, Skype:32M…)

Blogosphere (40M bloggers)

Web 2.0 (~10 “flickrs”, ~100 “youtubes”)

SNS (~50 “myspaces”)

Instant Messengers (QQ:80M, MSN:40M, Skype:32M…)

Three Walls Free Access Free Speech Free Thinking Technology Education/Culture Self-censorship Politics & media control

The ladder to free access Proxy Give up Tunnel Social

What SBF is Doing A Social Incubator, Ideas Lab, and Actions Tank Social Platform Social Media (memedia.cn) Education 2.0 (Oedu.org) Chinese Blogger Conference (cnbloggercon.org) NPO 2.0 (1kg.cn, pledgebank.com…) Technical Platform Anti-GFW tools (e.g. Anothr.com) OpenID Creative Commons China } A Smarter Social Brain

A Social Incubator, Ideas Lab, and Actions Tank

Social Platform

Social Media (memedia.cn)

Education 2.0 (Oedu.org)

Chinese Blogger Conference (cnbloggercon.org)

NPO 2.0 (1kg.cn, pledgebank.com…)

Technical Platform

Anti-GFW tools (e.g. Anothr.com)

OpenID

Creative Commons China

Not Tipping Point Yet The number (100M bloggers) The connections (5 degree of separation) The activities (More Collaborations) Instant creations  Singularity! (when?)

The number (100M bloggers)

The connections (5 degree of separation)

The activities (More Collaborations)

Instant creations

 Singularity! (when?)

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