"If Facebook was a country": Which of our identities really matter in the future? - How is social media driving new identities? - What does the new face of global identity look like? - Why has "civicism" has replaced nationalism? Speaker: Parag Khanna, Managing Partner, Hybrid Reality

1. If
Facebook
Was
a
Country…
Which
Iden77es
Really
Ma;er
in
the
Future?
Dr.
Para
g
Khanna
Social
Ma;ers
Hong
Kong
15
October
2014

2. chin
China
1.35bn
India
1.12bn
Facebook
1.2bn
Twitter
271m
Brazil
191m
Indonesia
238m
USA
311m
Is Facebook the 2nd largest country in the world?
Or a gateway to multiple identities?

3. !
!
Who are these women?!

4. Friends
–
and
Causes
–
Across
Borders
Up
to
300%
growth
in
the
number
of
interna7onal
friends
(2011-­‐2014)
Top
Chari*es
on
Facebook
Jus7giving
(UK)
Fundrazr
DoSomething
Leading
Online
Campaign
Hubs
Avaaz
Change.org
Causes.com

5. Asia
Dominates
Global
Migra7on
Flows
Surging
inter-­‐country/region
flows
• New
direc7ons
of
flows:
West
to
East;
North
to
South
–
par7cularly
Asia
• Mexico
to
US
net
migra7on
now
flat
• “Repats”:
US/UK
educated
Mexicans,
Brazilians,
Indians,
Chinese,
Africans
• Post-­‐GFC
surge
into
EMs:
• Largest
loss
of
LinkedIn
members
(2013):
US,
UK,
Italy,
France,
Spain
• Largest
gain
of
Linked
In
members
(2013):
UAE,
Switzerland,
Nigeria,
South
Africa,
India,
Singapore
• Expatriate
World:
70
million
(1960)
to
250
million
(2013)

6. “Thank
God
I
Work
for…”:
Bridging
the
Talent
Mismatch
Growing
Talent
Pool
Brazil,
India,
Mexico,
China
Growing
Talent
Deficit
US,
Canada,
Western
Europe
“The
Independent
Republic
of
the
Supply
Chain”

7. Rise
of
the
Mega-­‐City:
Urban
Archipelagos
as
Countries
unto
Themselves

9. From
Ci7zens
to
“City-­‐Zens”:
Civicism
over
Na7onalism

10. Thank you!
Parag
Khanna
paragkhanna@gmail.com