Us Now: How the web is changing society and institutions
I was gutted to miss the special screening in London of the film Us Now yesterday, but fortunately you can stream it online.
It’s a film about democracy, and how the web allows us to form
groups, connect, work together, and participate. These social
interactions are so natural to us as humans, yet they have never
possible before on such a large scale. The film will open your eyes to
the implications of social technologies on some of the oldest
institutions that we have – like government, banks, and even football
clubs. We’re at such an early stage of understanding where these
changes will take us, but at a time when the old institutions have let
us all down so badly, it’s exciting to start to imagine a better world.
Well done to Dominic Campbell and the rest of the guys at FutureGov for keeping these issues on the agenda, and putting on what was an by all accounts an excellent event.
Tom wrote this on 13.05.09 – what do you think?
It's filed in the Democracy box
