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Here’s my address to the Royal Institute of Australia, about the age of hyperconnectivity, hyperintelligence and hyperempowerment.

the greatest changes we ever experience in life are often the most invisible
because they are so deep.. if we looked at them, our eyes would explode

we don't even notice the fact that no one is late anymore, just delayed.. because we can call and see people are coming.
our lives are more coordinated than ever
we refuse to recognize the adjacency of that capability

i knew 115% when they didn't.. dang

who wouldn't want to be connected

the power of connectivity has always been intertwined w/economics, has always been closely connected with the lure of money, but until now it was difficult to see the relationship clearly
this relationship is now so revealed
the mobile is the most potent amplifier sense the metal ax head
for that reason it becomes impossible to resist it, to resist it would be stupid

the future is here.. and started to be equally distributed,
but very few of us know because we're too busy staring down and connecting

japanese government, simultaneously overwhelmed and eternally cautious - they are the advance mobile infrastructure on the planet, connected people communicate
it's inherent - don't need to teach it

it's easier to be afraid together,, it's easier to panic together
but the pressure lifts when we share it

safecast - observations of the radiation around them.. like weather reports

the idea is very simple, people armed with connected devices - crowd sourcing
vast numbers of people, may not even know each other, but in towards a common purpose
it was always too difficult for it to happen before..

power of the people.
people connected in their numbers simply overwhelm, out perform, and thrust aside all obstacle that you can put in your way.
this is where we are just now. this is the edge of the present.

wikipedia has changed the way we make knowledge
from each according to their ability, to each according to their need

wikipedia activity - all post up something - 5 planned to add a lie - see if they can sniff out the truth and the fiction

who makes better decisions, who is more successful
all things equal, the connected out outdistances the disconnected peer
that is what has started to happen to us
wikipedia helps us make decisions, better than we could have otherwise made
because we see the value in that, we are more likely to use wikipedia in the future, ... caught up in a feedback loop, and we redefine ourselves..
this is not about wikipedia, could have used safecast, checkpoint software, suki,

it's about anything that allows us to use our hyperconnectivity to share knowledge..leading to hyperintelligence.. leading to hyperempowerment
this is happening everywhere you care to look closely enough
it's unstoppable.
not because of any platform, it's because of us.
we all want it. we all want to be hyperempowered.
everything is started to reconfigure itself around these connections. something not even thinkable a generation ago
16 yrs ago - hardly anyone was connected
16 yrs from now - being connected will be part of being connected

being connected does not make us all of one mind
everyone seeks advantage.. that won't end, rather it's being amplified

who you know becomes how powerful you are.. all sorts of players are at the table. they have a seat now because they are connected

who is better connected, who is sharing more effectively, those who do win

we're outsourcing functions of the human brain
gives us the option to fill it with other things
so time freed up - but also - types of attention you'll be able to maintain that were impossible before

it will take a lot of human kindness and thought to keep this hyperempowerment bottled

we need to think of human beings as sensors
people need to be coming up with good ideas.. but good enough that everyone else agrees

in 5 years we have become a culture that is connected from a culture that wasn't. and we're bad at it.
we need to think about this as a whole, the need for disconnected time is as important to your soul
for t vs f - the people who will not fall for false things will be the ones that are surrounded with a knowledge network - more a human component than a machine

quiet and solitude is hard to come by now
part of it is because we like it
we do need to think about the requirements of solitude and reflection

connected hygienne (devijver)
anyone that tells you that privacy is over has an invested interest in your revealing yourself to them
without private life there is no private thought
and without private thought - you are nothing, no longer an individual

we're discovering a shared humanity we've never had before

we're making things up as we go..

there's a lot of weirdness and craziness and confusion right now
confusion is all right as long as you admit it

shelly turkle's alone together