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To Share or Not to Share
The tensions between information freedom and personal control are exploding today and not simply because of the benefits of sharing information using new media. Rather there are massive commercial, government interests along with malevolent individuals that have a lot to benefit from each of us revealing highly granular personal information, much of it in the public domain by default, real time as we travel through life. The clear and present danger is the irreversible erosion of that most enabling of liberties: anonymity.
Living Out Loud — Should We All Be More “Open?”: The Upside of Sharing
The ubiquity of digital gadgets and sensors, the pervasiveness of networks and the benefits of sharing very personal information through social media have led some to argue that privacy as a social norm is changing and becoming an outmoded concept. This post is part one of a seven-part series.
CBC Music a Good Step in the Right Direction
To borrow a title from one of Shakespeare’s plays, the opposition to CBC’s new music service is much ado about nothing. At no cost to the listener, the service streams Canadian music over the Internet, which boosts the profile of our artists both in Canada and around the world. That is clearly part of the CBC’s mandate, and is not — as some assert — an egregious infringement on the rights of companies that are trying to stream music over the Internet for a profit.
SXSW Interactive 2012 Opening Presentation
Don Tapscott opens SXSW Interactive 2012 with his presentation, Rethinking Civilization for the Social Age.
Can we retain privacy in the era of Big Data?
Our society is collectively creating, storing and communicating information at nearly exponential rates of growth. Most of this data is personally identifiable, and third parties control much of it. This personal data will be archived online forever and be instantly searchable, and few appreciate how many ways this data might be used to harm us.
Should We Ditch the Idea of Privacy?
A growing number of people argue that the notion of having a private life in which we carefully restrict what information we share with others may not be a good idea. Instead, sharing our intimate, personal information with others would benefit us individually and as a society.
What Happened to ‘Yes we can’?
Whatever happened to the “we”? We haven’t heard about it since the 2008 victory. “They built the largest online community in the history of the presidency,” says Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Media, which tracks the intersection of technology and politics. “But then they stopped talking to them and engaging them”.
Radical Openness in Business Fosters Growth
Recently, the smartest organizations have been rethinking what it means to be open. In this article I will show that there are three particular dimensions of openness that really matter in the business arena.
Three Principles for a New Wall Street
Don’s keynote, Three Principles for a New Wall Street at TEDx Wall Street 2012.
