#ChangeAgents in Exponential Times views of @fcc_cio
Jun 22, 2015
#ChangeAgents in Exponential Times
views of @fcc_cio
The Role of Public Service
#ChangeAgents in Exponential Times
#ChangeAgents = Leaders who “illuminate the way” manage friction of stepping outside the status quo
This is our home 3.7 billion miles away
This is our home 3.7 billion miles away
a “Pale Blue Dot”
the sunlight reflected from Earth took 5½ hours to reach Voyager I in 1990
when Voyager I launched in 1977 4.2 billion humans lived on Earth
when Voyager I launched in 1977 4.2 billion humans lived on Earth
global GDP = 7.2 trillion USD
the Apple II went on sale that year running at 1 MHz w/ 4 KB of RAM
Voyager I traveled 3.7 billion miles by 1990 5.3 billion humans lived on Earth
Voyager I traveled 3.7 billion miles by 1990 5.3 billion humans lived on Earth
global GDP = 22 trillion USD
Windows 3.0 was released and CERN launched the first web server at info.cern.ch
by 2013 >850 million web servers online 7.1 billion humans lived on Earth
by 2013 >850 million web servers online 7.1 billion humans lived on Earth
global GDP = 75 trillion USD
7 billion global networked devices 4 billion TB of digital content globally
by 2022, 75-300 billion networked devices 8 billion humans will live on Earth
by 2022, 75-300 billion networked devices 8 billion humans will live on Earth
global GDP = ?? trillion USD
7 billion humans online, more than 85% of the world 96 TB of digital content > all human eyes see/year
Public Service #ChangeAgents are needed now more than ever
Public Service #ChangeAgents are needed now more than ever
in Exponential Times
our Public Institutions must adapt à we need new Expertise & Experiments
both Expertise & Experiments have the root “ex peria” = out of danger
both Expertise & Experiments have the root “ex peria” = out of danger
the U.S. representative democracy was
born from an Experiment in self-rule “out of danger” came Experience
Dr. Benjamin Franklin in 1787 after the signing of the Constitution:
… now at length I have the happiness to know
that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.
George, Martha, & Abigail Adams ages: 43, 44, 32
1776’s #ChangeAgents Included:
Thomas, James Monroe, & Sybil Ludington ages: 32, 30, 14
1776’s #ChangeAgents Included:
Abigail Adams to John Adams in 1775:
… How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves
and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal.
#PublicService Always Has Challenges
Abraham Lincoln in 1863:
[W]e take increased devotion to that cause… that government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.
#PublicService Always Has Challenges
the public
private sector public sector
academia non-profits
We The People, Building Bridges
The Importance of YOU
support &
legitimacy public
value organizational
capacity
The Importance of YOU
… But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels,
no government would be necessary.
– The Federalists No. 51, 1788
We The People Must Adapt #PublicService
Remember: Dilbert is funny because it is universal
We The People Must Adapt #PublicService
mobility + APIs à allow institutions to open data for greater public interactions,
discussions and citizen-led remixing
The Importance of #ChangeAgents
public can volunteer smartphones as sensors à collect data to inform policy
or lend computing cycles for hard problems
The Importance of #ChangeAgents
machines that learn alongside knowledge workers à how can we use machine
recommendations to better aid us all?
The Importance of #ChangeAgents
makers movement à institutions must encourage & empower “intrapreneurs” to
pioneer civic & social innovation
The Importance of #ChangeAgents
Carl Sagan in 1994: Look again at that dot.
That's here. That's home.
That's us. On it everyone you love,
everyone you know –
That's us. On it everyone you love,
everyone you know –
Everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.
To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal
more kindly with one another –
To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal
more kindly with one another –
And to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
Thank You for Being #ChangeAgents
in our Exponential Times