Presentation as held during the discussion session on the Future of Taxes, organized by the Club of Amsterdam, May 31, 2012.

1. Organizing responsibility with
connected things
Club of Amsterdam, Future of Taxes
May 31, 2012 Iskander Smit

2. Connecting the dots
Info.nl
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5. internet is everywhere in everything
since August 20, 2010 more connected things than people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G8P0YWd_kU
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6. People
Services Things
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7. creating value of new data
Asthmapolis discovers the unhealthy spots for asthma patients
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9. approaches to the Internet of Things
pro-active framework
reality is changed by the connections
re-active framework
a smart layer on reality
Rob van Kranenburg, 2011
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10. in an Internet of Everything we
will consume personal stuff
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11. products become hyper personal,
and manifactured in the now
personal production in the era of the you-web
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12. experience
personal context of use/
profile devices
service/service
play
enhanced
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13. we use only when we need it
Spotify, Greenwheels, etc.
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14. we make only what we need
Shapeways, Makerbot
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15. products will change when we use them
Project Perry
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16. we pay in the context of use
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17. The danger of being responsible
for me, myself and I…
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18. …is the gap between me and
the government.
And my fellow citizens.
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19. a new balance between citizen
and state will emerge
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20. Oct 11, 2011: session Future of contributing
for Dutch Tax Administration, organized by Council, Waag Society and Info.nl
May 31, 2012

21. Session Future of involvement; objectives
§ Starting point: are we loosing involvement and engagement by the middle
class due to disconnection from nation states.
§ How can we organize engagement by using principles of tracing
everything by the Internet of Things.
§ Central question: how would a society without a tax administration look
like. A society based on the concept of useful contributing by civilians and
facilitation by government.
§ How can we reach a situation of voluntary contribution?
§ Participants of: Belastingdienst, Waag Society, Council Internet of Things,
ING, Vestia, Hubbub, Hack de Overheid, Ministerie van Justitie,
Gemeente Amsterdam, Dyndy, Federatie Creatieve Industrie, Amnesty
International,
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22. Themes discussed
§ A new role for governments
§ with a changing connection between citizen and government; can technology serve as
binding element
§ Solidarity and engagement
§ individualism will not last for ever. Trust is key. Is bottom-up trust possible? Developing
of new reputation systems
§ Changing valuation of possession and transparency
§ how manageable is our technology, who owns the internet of things. Trust is provided
with transparency
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23. Recommendations
Enable a Darwinistic government. Create a set of basic rule set for the
general interest and experiment with the rest.
The personal data stays in possession of the citizen.
This is achieved by creating a parallel government that manage this
rule set and takes the experimental approach as start.
With transparency as fundament.
So Human scale, laid back government
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24. society engagement will be
organized in two ways
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25. validating contribution
wheredoesmymoneygo.org
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26. transparency and control for engagement
we want to know how our money is spent
this should be connected to the general purposes of contribution
long-term decisions are stimulated by bigger stories
but personal relevance is key
use simulations to interpret the impact of choices
and your choices are validated by learning from your actual behaviour
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27. paying for use in context
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28. contribution based on personal use
every use of products/services leaves trails, connected to taxes on use
the context of use plays an important role as multiplier
Always real-time. Behaviour is influenced through taxes on use.
trust is provided through delegating the control of the data to the citizen
the data is open to use in other contexts, chosen by the citizen
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29. the sensing planet
smart city layer emerging from the data
personal driven selection
filtering layer
of relevant data
service layer leveraging the data by ISPs
value chain all objects can be tracked,
logged and traced
Rob van Kranenburg, 2012
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30. So the future of taxes will be
defined by the new relation we
have with society…
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31. … and the future of taxes will
be highly personal and
contextual driven. Realtime.
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32. This can only work if we get
full insights and control.
Trust is an embedded asset.
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33. Thanks!
Iskander Smit
iskander@info.nl
@iskandr
May 31, 2012