The session focused on what the future looks like if exponential trends continue their impact on governance, security and stability in a networked era and what new strategies private and public sector leaders will need to employ to be effective.
10. 2013: 7B network devices
4 billion TB of digital data on the planet
~3B (out of 7.1B) people online
The Exponential Storm Ahead
11. 2013: 7B network devices
4 billion TB of digital data on the planet
~3B (out of 7.1B) people online
2025: 100B+ network devices
200+ billion TB of digital data on the planet
plus ~7B (out of 8B) people online
The Exponential Storm Ahead
12. If We Put the 232 (~4.3 billion) Numbers
Addressable by IPv4 into a Beach Ball
13. The 2128 (~340 followed by 36 zeros) Numbers
Addressable by IPv6 Equal the Volume of our Sun
14. Laws, Technologies, and
Narratives Redistribute Power
Autocratic, Closed Societies May Out-PerformAutocratic, Closed Societies May Out-Perform
Open, Pluralistic Society Unless We Find
Autocratic, Closed Societies May Out-Perform
Open, Pluralistic Society Unless We Find
New Ways to Govern & Co-Exist
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16. Challenges of Our Exponential Era
Everyone Can Find Information that Supports
Our Existent beliefs à Confirmation Bias
= Facts Alone Don’t Sway Perceptions
Digital Tsunami of Data is De-Valuing Expertise
17. Challenges of Our Exponential Era
Cognitive Easing à Repetition Makes Us More
Likely to Believe Something
= Countering Misinformation Helps Spreads It
Counter-Facts May Even Amplify Existing Views
18. Challenges of Our Exponential Era
#1 Way to Go Viral: Make an Angry Post or Video
#2 Way: Make a Fearful Post or Video
Goal: Want Divided Sides to Continue Its Spread
Return of 1890s Emotional Headlines
19. Will Exponential Changes
Empower New Governments?
• Autocracies ß Surveillance & Control by Algorithms?
• Monarchies ß Social Media Vassals & Serfs?
• Theocracies ß Different AIs as “New Gods” & Faiths?
• Republics ß Pop Stars & Global CEOs-as-Senators?
• Communism ß Universal Basic Income for All?
• (Participatory) Democracies ß Distributed Ledgers?
20. Or Will Nation State
Governments Fade?
• Boards of Elected Algorithms & Humans?
• Partnerships across Sectors, Mediated by AI?
• Community Groups focused on Hyper-Localism?
• Non-Gov’t Orgs for Activities Without Explicit Authority
• Transnational Orgs w/ Corporations as Rulemakers?
• Networked Ideologies fighting for Social Dominance?
21. #ChangeAgents = Leaders who
“illuminate the way” and manage friction
of stepping outside the status quo
22. All of Us
Private Sector Public Sector
Academia Non-Profits
Building Bridges
Needed Now More Than Ever
23. Are There Activities We Can Do
as Positive #ChangeAgents?
Can Canada help Bridge the Different
Directions of Europe, the U.S., and China?
24. Perhaps a Modern Day Update to the
Categorical Imperative:
“Do unto Others as you think it is in their best
interest and seek Informed Consent to Occur?”
Challenge: What is Truly Informed Consent?
Towards a Better Future
25. The ‘Veil of Ignorance’ – Everyone is Biased by
their Experiences, Identity, and Context
Can We Ever Truly Free Ourselves of Bias?
Challenge: How to Be Open-Minded in Societies
That Pressures Us to Take Sides?
Towards a Better Future
26. How Judge if Someone Behaves Ethically If They
Have (1) Textbook Knowledge and (2) Real-World
Skills Beyond the Normal Public?
Professions = Public Allowed Certain Groups to
Self-Govern Credentialed Individuals by
a Code of Values and Qualified Experience
Towards a Better Future
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Power of Diversity
Learned perspectives may limit the search space any
one individual uses to reach an answer, even for
“smart” individuals
IQ view of the “Alpha”Group IQ view of the Diverse Group
28. Multiple individuals with varying perspectives
expand the search space employed, the result is a
diverse crowd has more “tools” to apply
Toolbox view of the “Alpha”Group Toolbox view of the Diverse Group
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Power of Diversity
29. Works IF shared goals are established up front,
else diversity leads to fragmentation
Additional research shows equal turn taking in
conversations and active listening also essential
Power of Diversity
30. Obligations to Society? Acknowledged Biases?
Responsible Actions? Safeguards?
Obligations to Society? Acknowledged Biases?
A Framework for Good
Governance in Uncertain Times
31. Both Experiments and Expertise
Have the root “ex peria” = “produced out of danger”
Experiments build our Expertise
Be Bold, Brave, and
Benevolent