Last week I had the opportunity to attend two talks, both significant in terms of the changes taking place in the social and technological landscape.
Deena Metzger (Author : From grief into Vision) talked about our connection to the natural world and its message to realise our potential for harmony, and the next day Bill Buxton (Sr. Researcher, Microsoft) raised some interesting questions about the human aspects of technology.
Deena's talk was preceded by an interesting musical event synchronised by Larry Nusbaum. Larry played a tribal drum and asked everybody to pick up an instrument from his box containing "weapons of mass percussion," as he called it. Slowly everybody joined in to a growing crescendo of an amazing music. Everybody singing their own little piece and yet there was a symphony which happened completely on its own!
That, I believe is what is taking place in the overall scheme of things. We are all picking up the nuances of using technology and finding our own community which echo our ideals. There is no blueprint of a perfect civilization and there never will be.. but as we experiment and improvise, learning new tricks and finding new friends, we will co-create a life that may reflect our cherished visions beyond belief.
Deena Metzger (Author : From grief into Vision) talked about our connection to the natural world and its message to realise our potential for harmony, and the next day Bill Buxton (Sr. Researcher, Microsoft) raised some interesting questions about the human aspects of technology.
Deena's talk was preceded by an interesting musical event synchronised by Larry Nusbaum. Larry played a tribal drum and asked everybody to pick up an instrument from his box containing "weapons of mass percussion," as he called it. Slowly everybody joined in to a growing crescendo of an amazing music. Everybody singing their own little piece and yet there was a symphony which happened completely on its own!
That, I believe is what is taking place in the overall scheme of things. We are all picking up the nuances of using technology and finding our own community which echo our ideals. There is no blueprint of a perfect civilization and there never will be.. but as we experiment and improvise, learning new tricks and finding new friends, we will co-create a life that may reflect our cherished visions beyond belief.
