Thought this was an interesting article on BBC. I might have to read the book. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220803-citizen-future-why-we-need-a-new-story-of-self-and-society
Essentially, the authors say there are traditionally two paths ahead of us. Authoritarianism where we give up our freedoms and become subjects of a strong ruler in exchange for that ruler taking care of all the issues that plague us. Or, Consumerism where those in power are those with access to technology through wealth. We might have some freedoms, but the distance between the have and have nots continually grows.
The authors then opine there’s a third path ahead of us: Citizenship. Not of a country, but of communities and the world. Basically, the people recognize we are smarter as a group than as individuals and we go to the group to solve problems (think collectives and crowdsourcing).
I’m intrigued.
Essentially, the authors say there are traditionally two paths ahead of us. Authoritarianism where we give up our freedoms and become subjects of a strong ruler in exchange for that ruler taking care of all the issues that plague us. Or, Consumerism where those in power are those with access to technology through wealth. We might have some freedoms, but the distance between the have and have nots continually grows.
The authors then opine there’s a third path ahead of us: Citizenship. Not of a country, but of communities and the world. Basically, the people recognize we are smarter as a group than as individuals and we go to the group to solve problems (think collectives and crowdsourcing).
I’m intrigued.