We Think

re: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiP79vYsfbo

This is an interesting video discussing Leadbeater's book "We Think". The book talks about the incredible difference between the 20th and 21st centuries - The fact that people of the 21st century have instant access to incredible amounts of knowledge, and that that knowledge gives power.

The video asks some interesting and really important questions about what can and should be done with this information. Questions like "Are we safe sharing?" and "How can we make a living when we share everything?" are though provoking. With this new technology, we do need to change our definitions of trust. Since our communities have changed so much with the expansion of the availability of the Internet, we need to adapt. We need to take note of some other comments made in the video, like "You are what you share."

This video should help people of the older generation understand the vast differences in society in such a short span of time, and should help anyone appreciate the massive amount of information at our fingertips, and how easily we can attain and share knowledge. It will also probably encourage anyone to read the book "We Think" by Charles Leadbeater.