How can you adapt technology to accelerate social action?

The conference stage was set by contextualizing our efforts as existing at a unique time in the evolution of technology.  Daniel Ben-Horin made the case that we are in the midst of a market shock within technology.  This shock was characterized as a shift from mass markets to technologies with their focal point on enabling individual people.  He spoke of a prior phase where organizations were concerned with getting stuff (equipment for basic infrastructure).  He sees this changing in favor of means to outfit people to more effectively collaborate. 

The community of activists and individuals seeking to use technology for social change were asked to visualize how these tools might play a role in their personal social agendas.  He encouraged participants to decompose their ideas into actionable tasks.

Scott Baker

Scott@DavidsSling.org