- The audience is taking to the stage thanks to the web people get to express their opinions and have their say
- Information is everywhere and ideas take to life when they are shared
- New ideas often come through conversation
- The web is a mass of conversation which is why it is creating mass innovation
- 20th century is mass production for mass consumption whereas the 21st century is mass innovation allowing more ideas being shared by more people than ever before
- Millions of people are creating games, worlds, knowledge and software
- Old groaning corporations are the wrong shape to do this, mass innovation comes from communities. Everyone in that community leaves their peace
- People join these communities as they want to socialize and get recognition for the work they do
- The motto of the generation growing up with the web is we think therefore we should be good for democracy as more people will have a voice
- Equality because knowledge can be set free to help people who need it most but can not afford to pay
- Freedom because more people will know that it's like to be creative (Utopian idea)
- In the past you were what you owned. However, now, you are what you share.
Charles Leadbeater is a leading authority on innovation and creativity. We Think explores how the web is changing our world, creating a culture in which more people than ever can participate, share and collaborate, ideas and information. Ideas take life when they are shared. That is why the web is such a potent platform for creativity and innovation. It's also at the heart of why the web should be good for : democracy, by giving more people a voice and the ability to organize themselves; freedom, by giving more people the opportunity to be creative and equality, by allowing knowledge to be set free. But sharing also brings with it dilemmas.
It leaves us more open to abuse and invasions of privacy.
Participation is not always a good thing: it can just create a cacophony.
Collaboration is sustained and reliable only under conditions which allow for self organisation.
Everywhere we turn there will be struggles between people who want to freely share - music, films, ideas, information - and those who want to control this activity, either corporations who want to make money or governments who fear debate and democracy.
Thanks to the web more people than ever can exercise their right to free speech, reviving democracy.
Thanks to the web more people than ever should have access to knowledge, and that should help education and innovation among the poorest people in the world. However, the web is also the source and has become a tool for stalkers, pedophiles, terrorists and criminals to orgnise shadow networks beyond our control.
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Application
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-25763704
The selfie has arguably become the greatest photographic trend of our time. Why are we so interested in taking and sharing selfies and how does observing an image of yourself differ from observing a picture of someone else, asks University College, London neuroscientist James Kilner. This links to Leadbeater's theory as it is enabling the audience to upload and share images to the web and allows them to express their ideas and information, as well as participate.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25698697
Up to 500 people have attended a vigil for Mark Duggan outside Tottenham police station. This links to Leadbeater's theory as he believes new ideas come from conversation and that ideas are taken to life when they are shared. People in this community want to socialize and get recognition for the work they do.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheila-shayon/the-justin-bieber-phenome_b_513106.html
Justin Bieber is arguably the biggest pop star ever launched by YouTube. This links to Leadbeater's theory as Bieber uploaded and shared his music on the web and gained recognition. The web enabled Justin to express creativity and managed to attract millions of viewers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25672502
Pop singer Sam Smith has been named the winner of the BBC's Sound of 2014, which highlights the best new artists for the year ahead. The Sound of 2014 was compiled by a range of music industry experts, ranging from magazine editors and newspaper critics to influential bloggers, DJs and radio and TV producers. This shows how the web has enabled Sam Smith to share his music and gain recognition.
Criticisms
In Clay Shirky's account, the power of the web is that its networks make it "ridiculously easy" to form groups. To Charles Leadbeater, who used to advise Tony Blair and quotes both the young Milibands in his acknowledgements, such a hands-off approach to steering social development is anathema. Covering many of the same case studies as Shirky, the tone of We-Think is more like a being a guardian looking over the playground of the web, hoping gently to encourage or discourage particular behaviours.
Criticisms
Bradbury shows many of the ideals of a dystopian society. The three main ideals are:
1: Control of the media by government
2: The alteration of history for the governments benefit
3. Disposal of all those who refuse to accept the government's set of beliefs and follow them blindly
An example of a dystopian theorist is Graeme Turner.
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