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Hilarious! So true!

Should be translated into multiple languages!

Loved it !

Bruce Sterling is back this year. He has a remarkable ability to both celebrate dreams of the future - but also to challenge us with the problems he sees. That makes us more deeply consider what we are doing, why we are doing it - and the potential consequences of those decisions.

World traveler, science fiction author, journalist, and future-focused design critic Bruce Sterling spins the globe a few rounds as he wraps up the Interactive Conference with his peculiar view of the state of the world from a global perspective. March 2016.

"Platform Cooperativism vs. the Sharing Economy The backlash against unethical labor practices in the "collaborative sharing economy" has been overplayed. Recently, The Washington Post, New York Times and others started to rail against online labor brokerages like Taskrabbit, Handy, and Uber because of an utter lack of concern for their workers. At the recent Digital Labor conference, my colleague McKenzie Wark proposed that the modes of production that we appear to be entering are not quite capitalism as classically described. "This is not capitalism," he said, "this is something worse."

Description of wiki set up in a university with scenario "breaking the ice"

Advancements in technology are disrupting the ways we view learning and performance. Any new technology brings with it opportunities, risks ... and questions. FocusOn Learning 2016 Conference & Expo targets the trends and technologies that are changing our approaches to training.

réflexions sur l'émergence d'une nouvelle citoyenneté à l'ère numérique. Quels sont les intérêts et les risques de cette « cybercitoyenneté » ? Comment le droit s'empare-t-il de ces évolutions pour tenter de trouver de nouvelles voies de conciliation entre droit à l'information et protection de la vie privée ?

Face à la question de la diffusion ou contribution à un logiciel libre, les licences cristallisent généralement toutes les attentions des entreprises, laissant croire que leur seul respect assure le succès de la démarche

World traveler, science fiction author, journalist, and future-focused design critic Bruce Sterling spins the globe a few rounds as he wraps up the Interactive Conference with his peculiar view of the state of the world from a global perspective, as one who lives in Turin, Belgrade, and Austin. Most recently, Bruce has been an instigator of the DIY - Internet of Things model home project, Casa Jasmina. He also makes an annual "state of the world" assessment, with Jon Lebkowsky, for two weeks every January on The WELL.