A presentation I gave at the World Future Society's 2013 annual conference as part of the "22nd Century" series, which described different aspects of life in 2100. I was invited to discuss governance. This abbreviated version of the presentation I gave at the conference (the presentation was more interactive than slideshare allows!) discusses seven trends that may shape governance in the 80+ years to come. Key take-aways are provided at the end. For reference, the presentation assumes that it is already 2100 and that the goal is to explain 22nd century governance to an audience back in 2013. I often find it effective in my presentations to take the perspective of someone actually living in the future and then translate my reality into terms that someone today might be able to understand.

1. Eric Meade
www.ericmeade.com
ericmeade@gmail.com
Presented to World Future Society
July 21, 2100
GOVERNANCE IN THE YEAR 2100

2. OUR PURPOSE TODAY
To describe governance in 2100 for the benefit of
WFS conference participants in the year 2013.

3. SEVEN KEY IDEAS SHAPING
GOVERNANCE
Governance in 2100

4. 1. INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES

5. 2. MAPPING COMMUNITY DYNAMICS

6. 3. EXPANDING DEMOCRACY

7. 4. IMAGINAL PRACTICES

8. 5. EGO DEMOGRAPHICS

9. 6. URBANIZATION

10. 7. FROM SCHIZOPHRENIC ENGAGEMENT…

11. …TO NON-VIOLENT ENGAGEMENT

12. What questions might the audience in 2013 have
about these key ideas?

13. CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
Governance in 2100

14. SEVEN KEY IDEAS
• Intentional communities
• Mapping community dynamics
• Deep democracy
• Imaginal practices
• Ego demographics
• Urbanization
• Non-violent engagement

15. King James II Queen Elizabeth II
WHAT ABOUT THE NATION-STATE?

16. KEY TAKE-AWAYS
• Communities will become stronger, more intentional, and
better understood (using mapping and analytics).
• Democracy will flourish in the workplace and in other
institutions of society.
• Compassion and intention will be designed into
governance structures.
• Many existing governance structures will still exist (like
the Queen), but will be transcended or reinterpreted.
• New governance structures will emerge to address the
challenges we currently face, but to create these
structures we will need to awaken the intuitive mind.

17. For more about me:
http://www.ericmeade.com
ericmeade@gmail.com
THANK YOU!