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SigInt10: Future 3.0

May 24th, 2010 No comments

By Nick Far (@NickF4rrFuture 3.0 from Twitpic)

Future 3.0 is about the patterns that will emerge and reemerge in the future.

Future 1.0 is crude, this the beggining of the internet or the beginning of domestic agriculture, it is signified by:

  • Low growth
  • Nutral
  • Decentralized
  • Direct

Future 2.0 is an intermediate phase (think web 2.0 or the industrial revolution):

  • Refined
  • Centralized
  • Rapid
  • Massive

Future 3.0 is entropic (it is about to happen):

  • Sustainable
  • Natural
  • Decentralized
  • Direct

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SigINT10: Hackers in Government

May 23rd, 2010 No comments

By Nick Farr (@Nickf4rr)

Nick’s talk is about the fundamental and radical shift that would happen if one day, all of a sudden, hackers in stead of politicians ran politics.

There are a few assumptions that are the basis for his talk:

  • Government is a complex discrete system led by politicians who guide bureaucrats
  • Hackers have a wide range of political beliefs
  • Critique of current political state
  • NOT a “HOWTO” for hacker government
  • NOT a critique of hackers currently taking part in government

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