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and machine learning are combined, thereby nicely illustrating human-machine
symbiosis
84 and augmented intelligence.
85
Another pillar of this movement are fab labs
86 and maker spaces
87 as well
as GovLabs
88 (government labs). Fablabs and Maker Spaces provide technology
and machines such as 3D printers, which allow ordinary citizens to generate their
own tools and products. Such capacities can be extremely valuable during crises
and disasters, particularly if they have autonomous energy supply (e.g. based on
solar power). Fablabs can produce tools needed for survival, when supply chains are
interrupted or if delivery would take too long. The United States was even so excited
about these perspectives that it wanted to become “A Nation of Makers”.
89
In a sense, City Olympics
90 would build on all these exciting recent developments,
and take them to the next level. Over a period of several months, such approaches
would be used to craft innovative solutions that could benefit cities, regions, or even
the entire world. I firmly believe the success principles of the information age will
be co-* principles such as
– co-learning,
– co-creation,
– combinatorial innovation,
– co-ordination,
– co-operation,
– co-evolution, and
– collective intelligence.
This holds, in particular, as the use of digital goods and services is not as competitive and exclusive as it applies to material resources. Sharing information can have
a benefit for many, while a material good can typically be used by one person only at
a time. Why don’t we use this particular benefit of the information age more, given
that the existential pressure of unsustainable economies is so big that a lot of people
are in a danger of dying early? For example, why don’t we have a public data set
of the world’s resources and materials flows (i.e. logistics), such that everyone can
make an effort to improve supply chains and promote a circular economy? We have
access to all sorts of stock market data, but we don’t have access to the data needed
to organize our survival. This appears pretty irresponsible to me.
84 See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-Computer_Symbiosis.
85 Sean Gourley: Big Data and the Rise of Augmented Intelligence, https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=mKZCa_ejbfg (December 6, 2012).
86 See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fab_lab.
87 See http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Maker_space.
88 See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_GovLab.
89 See https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/nation-of-makers.
90 http://futurict.blogspot.com/2017/06/city-olympics-to-improve-world.html, https://www.csh.ac.
at/event/csh-workshop-city-games/, https://www.csh.ac.at/new-global-movement-city-olympics/.
https://www.csh.ac.at/event/csh-eth-workshop-1st-city-olympics/,
https://climatecitycup.org,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaRghSuzBYM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEsga1
ZKsw4.
12 Digital Democracy
and machine learning are combined, thereby nicely illustrating human-machine
symbiosis
84 and augmented intelligence.
85
Another pillar of this movement are fab labs
86 and maker spaces
87 as well
as GovLabs
88 (government labs). Fablabs and Maker Spaces provide technology
and machines such as 3D printers, which allow ordinary citizens to generate their
own tools and products. Such capacities can be extremely valuable during crises
and disasters, particularly if they have autonomous energy supply (e.g. based on
solar power). Fablabs can produce tools needed for survival, when supply chains are
interrupted or if delivery would take too long. The United States was even so excited
about these perspectives that it wanted to become “A Nation of Makers”.
89
In a sense, City Olympics
90 would build on all these exciting recent developments,
and take them to the next level. Over a period of several months, such approaches
would be used to craft innovative solutions that could benefit cities, regions, or even
the entire world. I firmly believe the success principles of the information age will
be co-* principles such as
– co-learning,
– co-creation,
– combinatorial innovation,
– co-ordination,
– co-operation,
– co-evolution, and
– collective intelligence.
This holds, in particular, as the use of digital goods and services is not as competitive and exclusive as it applies to material resources. Sharing information can have
a benefit for many, while a material good can typically be used by one person only at
a time. Why don’t we use this particular benefit of the information age more, given
that the existential pressure of unsustainable economies is so big that a lot of people
are in a danger of dying early? For example, why don’t we have a public data set
of the world’s resources and materials flows (i.e. logistics), such that everyone can
make an effort to improve supply chains and promote a circular economy? We have
access to all sorts of stock market data, but we don’t have access to the data needed
to organize our survival. This appears pretty irresponsible to me.
84 See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-Computer_Symbiosis.
85 Sean Gourley: Big Data and the Rise of Augmented Intelligence, https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=mKZCa_ejbfg (December 6, 2012).
86 See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fab_lab.
87 See http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Maker_space.
88 See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_GovLab.
89 See https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/nation-of-makers.
90 http://futurict.blogspot.com/2017/06/city-olympics-to-improve-world.html, https://www.csh.ac.
at/event/csh-workshop-city-games/, https://www.csh.ac.at/new-global-movement-city-olympics/.
https://www.csh.ac.at/event/csh-eth-workshop-1st-city-olympics/,
https://climatecitycup.org,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaRghSuzBYM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEsga1
ZKsw4.