⦁ The global horizon created by the virtual network reality allows refugees from third world countries to discover and flood Western countries. This challenge requires a new way of thinking.
⦁ The education systems are run according to principles suited to the Industrial Revolution but are not suited to the reality of a world flooded with information. Education systems lack the educational code to prepare students for the challenges of the future – life in a powerful reality of dynamic virtual networks.
⦁ Fear of an unknown future that will include ‘smart machines’ that will ‘take control of human life’.
These challenges and many others testify that we are being called upon to redesign the reality of our lives.
In actuality we are experiencing a reality in which human and financial capital is mostly invested in creating the technology for generating a cyber world parallel to the real one. In contrast to this technological success, not enough investment is being made in researching, visualizing and developing human adaptation to this new reality. This gap is the reason we are challenged, both as a society and as individuals, on all levels of human existence: our physical existence, our humanity and our values.
Humanity is at a turning point that challenges all structures of our life. The bloody revolutions throughout history were generated in a reality in which the structures were incompatible with humanity’s needs. Reviewing these challenges gives rise to the apprehension that the chaotic situation we are in and the powers generated by this new network reality are leading us to anarchy and violence.
In contrast to this grim forecast there is a possibility – and therefor a responsibility – of turning the Era of Global Humanity into humanity’s next stage of development.
The challenge that arises from this limited overview is: How do we transform the technological power we all enjoy into a significant, viable and thriving human reality?
