The document discusses the drastic changes in learning and society, citing factors like financial collapse, climate change, and potential human extinction by the 22nd century. It emphasizes that in a rapidly changing world, those who adapt and reinvent themselves will survive, contrasting the evolving nature of communities and networks in education. Overall, it portrays a challenging future for civilization requiring significant adaptation and transformation.

1. Mark Gibson ℠ The Next Us Creating the Future of Learning The Knowledgeworks Foundation 2020 Forecast

8. Why?

9. Context Beliefs Projections Perceptions The Past

10. In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who survive; the ‘learned’ find themselves fully equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. – Eric Hoffer

13. A triple punch time Now Debt-driven financial collapse Later Peak oil Soon Severe affects of climate change

14. The 22 nd century Brave new world 2009 2050? Human species collapse? 2100? time Now Debt-driven financial collapse Later Peak oil Soon Severe affects of climate change Ecological collapse Matter of degree Economic collapse Reinvention? Civilization collapse Reinvention? A triple punch

16. Auto immune responses

18. The Next Us ℠

19. Courtesy of Michael Wesch, The Machine is (Changing) Us

20. Courtesy of Michael Wesch, The Machine is (Changing) Us

23. The Future of Learning

30. COMMUNITIES NETWORKS TRIBES

31. Amplified Organization

43. The hard road gets easier, the easier road gets harder. - Unknown