8. Agenda
1. Predicting Social Media Evolution
2. The New Public Sphere
3. Social Media & Evolutionary Biology
4. Social Media & Philosophy
5. What can we do today?
9. Why are we so poor at predicting how
social media evolves?
46. Google Street View in Japan
• 2009.02 - Japan: Municipal opposition to Street View
• 2009.02 - Japan: Tokyo gov't invites Google to discuss Street View
• 2008.12 - Japan: Fukuoka Bar Association requests halt to Street View
• 2008.11 - Japan: Suginami Ward proposes removal of Street View images
• 2008.11 - Japan: Street View and the Burakumin
• 2008.10 - Machida city council requests regulation of Street View
• 2008.10 - Japan: Street View and Public Space
• 2008.10 - Japan: Google, the anti-social corporation
• 2008.09 - Japan: The true revolution of Google Street View
• 2008.09 - Japan: Street View's Missing Streets
• 2008.08 - Japan: Debate over Google Street View continues
• 2008.08 - Japan: Letter to Google about Street View
57. IT Infrastructure
100%
Avg. 7 Mbps
80%
Avg. 15 Mbps
60%
3G users
40% C
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20% a Avg. 4 Mbps
www.plus8star.com
0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Internet connections measured above 5Mbps
(Source: Akamai, 4Q08)
58.
59. “Japan’s cellphones are like the
endemic species that Darwin
encountered on the Galápagos
Islands — fantastically evolved
and divergent from their
mainland cousins”
Takeshi Natsuno
Inventor of i-mode
86. Social Media = Hype?
1. Social Media tools are evolving
2. Understand what they can do for you
3. Improve critical thinking
4. Pay attention to emerging signs
87. You’re Involved!
1. Pictures, videos, text
2. Redefine privacy
3. Redefine accountability
4. Earn your Netizen title!
88. Contacts
www.plus8star.com
benjamin@plus8star.com
+81 | Japan
benjamin0123 +82 | Korea
http://twitter.com/plus8star +86 | China
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