Tracing the rise of digitalia as a parallel universe and the roles we play in it. The talk that used this presentation is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z6bYeLG798

1. Ramya Pandyan
(a.k.a. Idea Smith)

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The Explorers
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‘Wireless Telephony’ by Karl Arnold
1926
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“Fiction is more than non-
fiction in some ways.
You can stretch people’s
minds, alerting them to the
possibilities of the future,
which is very important in an
age where things are
changing rapidly.”
Arthur C. Clarke
1959
A personal transceiver, so small and compact that every
man carries one.
The time will come when we will be able to call a person
anywhere on Earth merely by dialing a number. Such a
device would also, include means for global positioning
so that "no one need ever again be lost.”
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The Architects

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Remember this? 1994 - 1996
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The Artisans

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The City Planners

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WHAT IS THE CURRENCY OF THIS PLACE?

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Interactions are transactions…
of information and power.
RECOGNIZE VALIDATE INTERACT
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FROM A SPACE...
...TO A CIVILIZATION

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Content is Identity
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You are what you say,
how you say it
and where you say it.
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CONNECTION is validation
Who you know
Who knows you

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The old order….

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But on Planet Digitalia….
CONVERSATION is transaction!
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COMMUNITY is the asset

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Who is the
community?

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Thank You!