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The Future of Authority

Explore the evolving concept of authority and its impact on governance and dissent in the network society. This analysis delves into the role of social media, artificial intelligence, and privacy in reshaping power structures. Join Jesse Hirsh, a broadcaster, researcher, and internet strategist, as he addresses the challenges and opportunities of the digital era.

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The Future of Authority

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  1. The Future of Authority and the Rise of the Network Society Jesse Hirsh RMA - Nov 15th 2011

  2. About Me: @jessehirsh Broadcaster Researcher Internet Strategist Golfer

  3. Future of Authority? Year long project: Authority Trust Governance Dissent How are these changing?

  4. Marshall McLuhan turns 100 Understanding Media The Culture of Technology "Nothing is inevitable provided we are prepared to pay attention"

  5. Authority and Literacy

  6. Authority and Knowledge

  7. Authority and the Internet The Revolution is on Friday!?

  8. The Arab Spring and the Dictatorship of the Web The risks to illegitimate authorities are substantive. Their existence is in jeopardy.

  9. Authority and Speed Velocity as a virtue Responsiveness as resilience Racing into the future?

  10. Celebrity as aristocracy Scarcity of attention @aplusk on twitter has over 8.2 million followers @LadyGaga has over 15.3 million "little monsters" following her Neo Feudal Society: Authority

  11. Tribes, Serfs, Mobs, and Magicians Influence and peer pressure Tools for popularity and attention Drunk on technology Intoxicated by our obsession with screens Neo Feudal Society: Social Structure

  12. Subjectivity and Insularity: Narcissus as Narcosis Everyone's computer experience is unique and subjective Computer environments must be experienced to be understood The default tendency online is to seek similarity and reinforcement Without proper governance communities organize around similarities and often alienate, marginalize, or ignore differences The dominant culture is one of insularity most often articulated as tribalism

  13. Knowing how to use new tools as they emerge Pattern recognition instead of information overload Based on media literacy and critical thinking Understanding how authority is established and maintained Literacy and the Network Effect

  14. Twitter and Authority Primary power of the service is amplification Properly harnessed it can influence where attention goes Has a significant impact on search engine ranking Currently over 1 billion search requests daily

  15. Who's Hierarchy? Brand Ambassadors or Extortion? Faux followers or auto-follows? How accurate are social hierarchies constructed from social media profiles? What about those who abstain? Are we witnessing a self-fulfilling prophecy amplifying desired characteristics?

  16. Privacy and the smart phone Digital breadcrumbs "Free" applications? Wifi tracking Privacy as commodity Super computers in our pocket!?!

  17. Program or Be Programed? Authority comes from creating signal amidst the noise Programming as the new literacy of our age "Make the software or be the software" "Instead of optimizing machines for humanity we optimize humans for machines" Rushkoff.com

  18. The Rise of Artificial Intelligence Web 1.0 - Informational Web 2.0 - Relational Web 3.0 - Anticipatory

  19. Shared experience No stupid questions Enables collaboration Empowers all involved Encourages critical thought The Power of Dialogue

  20. Custom Subscription Analysis Learning at Light Speed Weekly newsletter and teleseminar A network for the network age

  21. JesseHirsh.caMetaviews.ca

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