The Internet generation, those who have not lived without the Internet, bring new things to the table over those who came before, as every generation has done. What are these things? The youth of today, the Internet generation, have become an authority on using technology, and are just now entering the workforce. They enter these jobs with a lifetime experience of instant messages, decentralised organisations, and so on. A good example of the disruption this causes can be seen at Google, where 20% of employees’ jobs is to work on their own cool stuff. The Obama administration is also changing the way technology is being used in organisations. How can this be extended, both in evolutionary and revolutionary ways?
Teaching is an area to consider: traditionally a broadcast-style paradigm, with “teaching to the test”. Issues such as this can lead to artifacts like the Digital Divide.
The generation coming out of University into the job market is overall disinterested in areas of technology in terms of pushing the envelope. There is a consumer culture, with only a handful of people prepared to hack in their spare time for fun. Finding these people and letting them grow their ideas is needed for disruptive change. In order for this to happen we need to ensure that no artificial barriers are put into place, such as DRM, and that everything is as hackable as possible.
The same revolutions seem to happen every generation (hackable hardware, new networking technologies, etc.), so what can we do to make it sustained this time around?
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