What if you were unsure about what you’re sure about?
Welcome to an incomprehensible universe. The future you pictured as an arrow aimed at an appealing target now looks like a forest of possibilities where you may lose your way. This is indeed the case, but does it really matter?
You’re bombarded by indicators, and you don’t understand them all. Events unfold that you didn’t see coming, with consequences you can’t predict. The rules governing ownership have been left in tatters: your resources and production don’t really belong to you anymore, and other people can use them to do as they please. No, it’s not the opening pages of a really bad science fiction novel: it’s a description of the world as we see it today – a universe that David Weinberger encourages us to visit in 6 key questions.
Are you ready to go on a trip? How about starting off by putting down your baggage of certainties, since they’re not going to be of much use to you?
- Will you always need to understand? #Complexity
- Are you always going to try to stay one step ahead? #Inanticipation
- Could you (honestly) embrace the unexpected? #Interoperability
- What will your idea of progress be? #Generativity
- Do you prefer the near focus or the distant horizon? #Possibilities
- Are you going to let machines take decisions for themselves? #Morality
David Weinberger gives us a must-read (Everyday Chaos, Harvard Business Review Press, 2019) or 55 minutes spent in his company on video!
To go further
Using Technology to Thrive in Chaos | Feedback Loop
Ep 69, David Weinberger, Singular University
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