Zero marginal cost drives big trends that are just beginning: from closed to open, from hierarchies to networks, from normal distributions to power laws, from atoms to bits, from humans to machines

1. Just the Beginning
Albert Wenger
@albertwenger

2. Virtual Reality

3. Everybody online

4. Marginal Cost = 0

5. 1. closed to OPEN

6. > 100,000 contributors
> 10,000,000 servers
> 100,000,000 phones
Linux, 1991

7. > 800,000,000 documents
Creative Commons, 2001

8. > 4,000 videos
> 5 million visitors

10. 2. hierarchy to NETWORK

14. 3. normal to POWER

16. 2,209,809,370

17. 22,912,501

18. 4. atoms to BITS

27. 5. humans to MACHINES

31. Where are We Headed?

32. 1. close to OPEN
2. hierarchy to NETWORK
3. normal to POWER
4. atoms to BITS
5. humans to MACHINES

33. scarcity to ABUNDANCE

34. Basic Income

35. Right to be
represented
by a bot

36. The Future
@albertwenger

37. Picture Credits
1. flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore
2. flickr.com/photos/sergesegal
3. mi.com
4. flickr.com/photos/pinguino
6. animals-pics.com/tux-penguin-wallpaper
7. creativecommons.org
8. flickr.com/photos/elvinwong-photography
9. humandx.org
11. flickr.com/photos/59949757@N06
12. techcrunch.com
13. flickr.com/photos/btckeychain
15. flickr.com/photos/mr_g_travels
16. youtube.com
17. ted.com
19. flickr.com/photos/m4rco_
20. wikipedia.org
21. flickr.com/photos/mjtmail
22. fonearena.com
23. flickr.com/photos/dirkjankraan
24. side.cr
25. flickr.com/photos/gwankho
26. rferl.org
28. flickr.com/photos/romanboed
29. ibm.com
30. acr.sagepub.com
34. flickr.com/photos/silverseason
35. flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00
36. flickr.com/photos/papalars