The document discusses the expanding connectivity of the internet, projecting that 50 billion devices will be internet-connected by 2020, along with a doubling of internet users. It raises ethical concerns about data usage and suggests that people may begin to reconsider the trade-off between personal data and services. Additionally, it highlights the rapid changes in business landscapes, noting that a significant percentage of Fortune 500 companies have disappeared since 2000.

1. PROMISE + PERIL
IN THE HYPER
NETWORKED
NOW

2. 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 . . .

3. source: TIME

7. The internet of the
BODY

8. 50 BILLION
things will be
connected to the
internet by 2020

15. the number of
people connected
to the internet
WILL DOUBLE
by 2020

16. ETHICST
E
HI
C
S

17. PATRIOT?
SPY?

18. Image: Twentieth Century Fox

27. DATA
DELUGE

28. “The more we learn
about how our data is
being harnessed, the
more likely we are to re-
evaluate the true cost.
Some of us will start to
trade our way out of the
trade-your-data-for-
services economy.”

33. 52%of the companies ranked in
the Fortune 500 since 2000 are GONE
stat:

34. “If the rate of change
on the outside
exceeds the rate
of change on the
inside, the end
is near.”
Jack Welch

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