brightlands startup fest: smart citizenship
who is theo ploeg (@theoploeg)?
smart devices are everywhere
5social media as tool for freedom
lanier, rushkoff, morozov & keen: internet is wrong
triodos bank: ’we live in a wonderful time’
marshall mcluhan (1911-1980)
understanding media (1964)
mcluhans advice: don’t drown in the media ‘mahlström'
so, what is a smart citizen?
‘a smart city is an urban development vision to integrate multiple ict solutions in a secure fashion to
manage a city’s assets […] to improve quality of life by using technology to
improve the efficiency of services and meet residents’ needs.’
smart city definition at wikipedia (by sam musa)
smart city roadmap by sam musa is a top-down structure
all you need to know ;- )
‘hyper-reality’ by keiichi matsuda (impression of a future)
the future isn’t fixed: four thinkable scenario’s by svdj
‘the ability to achieve personal goals in a meaningful way.’
what is smart? sort of new definition
‘a person that is able to play a meaningful role in a community.’
and citizen? sort of new definition
‘being able to achieve own goals in a meaningful way and by doing
so ading meaning to the community.’
so, what’s smart citizenship?
back to marshall mcluhan
‘societies have always been shapes more by the nature of the media by
which men communicate than by the content of the communication’
the essence of mcluhan’s thoughts
mcluhan's main thought #1: media are extensions of some human faculty
mcluhan’s main thought #2: the medium is the message
30mcluhan’s main thought #3: walking backwards into the future
in Playboy (1969)
‘The computer thus holds out the promise of a technologically
engendered state of universal understanding and unity, a state
of absorption in the logos that could knit mankind into one
family and create a perpetuity of collective harmony and peace.’
the electronic age or global village
actually that is a plausible scenario
33disrupter #1: televisie
media & tools
world view
values & meaning
three levels of smartness
‘when city dwellers use the internet smarter […] cities become smarter’
three main conclusions of ericsson’s networked city research (2014)
ibm and madrid (2014-2018)
is top-down the best choice?
what about bottom-up? smart citizen kit
smart citizen kits around the world
waag society as invention lab
peter bruyn (renowned journalist, haarlem)
‘master the media, master yourself.’