Socrates Kyiv 2017
Order Amid Chaos: Major Trends Shaping the Future of Technology, Business, Culture and Society
Digital technology is radically changing just about everything we do, from how we raise families and run businesses to how societies govern themselves. Optimists welcome this shift, arguing that technology is gradually maturing and headed in an overall positive direction. Are they right? What are the most important trends, both existing and emergent, and how can we prepare for them? What are the specific ways in which technological change is improving our individual and collective lives? What are the dark sides? How is this shift affecting the workforce, productivity and the nature of leadership? How is the new public sphere shaping elections, news and government? We’ll examine a number of current trends including the new automation revolution and the rise of social media as a political force. We will also look at the growing chorus of technology skeptics who contend that we’re losing touch with the qualitative, spiritual, human aspects of existence that make life worth living.
