Network Society
Socioeconomic Evolution
Exponential
Pyramids 
archer10 
Dreams
Network Age 
jurvetson 
Achievements
1% 2% 
99% 
98% 
terrestrial 
vertebrates 
in the wild 
10.000 BC Today 
humans 
pets 
cattle 
Anthropocene
Unsustainable Anthropocene
myfavoritedinosaur.com, LadyofHats, OpenClips 
Reason
Science
FraSctaol Ccomipeletxiyty changes and evolves 
How can you enhance the beauty of 
the world, allying yourself with others 
who want to do the same?
Evolutionary Fitness
Resilience
Old Thinking
Hierarchy
Network
The Fundamental Thesis 
Of The Network Society
1
Widespread social and economic 
change only happens once a solid 
technological foundation evolves to 
make it sustainable.
2
Globally distributed and decentralized 
technologies have emerged that 
achieve superior results with respect to 
centralized and hierarchical ones.
3
These unstoppable technologies 
undermine and disrupt the Nation 
State’s supporting pillars. The resulting 
socioeconomic organization is the 
Network Society.
Network Society Pillars
1. EnergPy hotovoltaics - Ecat?
2. Manufacturing
3D hydroponics - Plantlab 
plantlab 
3. Food
4. Health
5. Learning
P2P Currency - Bitcoin 
sylvar 
6. Finance
7. Security
8. Policy
thecrazyfilmgirl 
Unstoppable
Toolbox
Living In The Network Society
New Organizations
Empowerment
Emancipation
Experiential
Learning
Tolerance 
Year Prohibitions Ending 
1933 Alcohol 
1967 Interracial marriage 
1976 Assisted suicide 
1999 Same sex marriage 
2012 Recreational marijuana
Dignity
Community 
Ilya Frankazoid / shutterstock.com
Overcoming Dichotomy 
Sustainability For-Profit Nonprofit New 
Economical ✔ ✘ ✔ 
Social & 
✘ ✔ ✔ 
Environmental
Spiking State of Alarm
Incumbent systems 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zongli_Yamen#mediaviewer/File:Zongli_Yamen_members_1894.jpg 
Bureaucracies
Resistant
http://bestandworstever.blogspot.it/2012/04/worst-playground-sign-ever.html 
Precaution
http://pixabay.com/en/mimic-panic-scratch-woman-person-156928/ 
Panic
Overreaction
Overreaction
Overreaction
Overreaction
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Don't_Panic_Badge.jpg 
It’s All OK
Proactionary
It Is Also About You
Questions 
• Who is an Entrepreneur? 
• Who is a Manager? 
• Who is a Creative (Designer, Engineer)? 
NASA, Wikimedia 
netsoc.org
Web netsoc.org 
Email info@netsoc.org 
Twitter @netsocproj 
Facebook fb.com/groups/networksocietyproject 
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Network Society