brightlands startup fest: smart citizenship

who is theo ploeg (@theoploeg)?

what i do?

smart devices are everywhere

5social media as tool for freedom

lanier, rushkoff, morozov & keen: internet is wrong

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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.’

thank you!