Experiments in Collective Intelligence

Yiannis LaourisFuture Worlds Center

The Effects of Media on Children and Young Adults Ramada Hotel Lake Balaton 29 Sep – 1 Oct, 2015

“Social media has become the number one area for children and young adults to gain information, to entertain themselves and moreover to be the first place of the social relations.”

MediaOverflow

Lim [Attention]Reduced critical thinking

“It is the common task and responsibility of parents, teachers, written and online media and the governmental and non-governmental organizations handling them to prepare the youngsters to use social media consciously and safe.”

Diverse Stakeholders

Diff[Opinions]Non-effective solutions

1. Limited attentional capabilities of humans(media overflow)

2. Inability to think and act collectively(to resolve contemporary complex challenges)

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We assert that attentional capabilities are a finite, precious and rare asset

To the same extent that organs should not be exchanged on the market place, our attentional capabilities deserve protective treatment

Respect for attention should be linked to fundamental rights such as privacy and bodily integrity

We believe that, in addition to offering informed choices, the default settings and other designed aspects of our technologies should respect and protect attentional capabilities

4.6 We believe that societies must protect, cherish and nurture humans’ attentional capabilities

1. Limited attentional capabilities of humans(media overflow)

2. Inability to think and act collectively(to resolve contemporary complex challenges)

When we bring diverse stakeholders to discuss any issue we immediately face a great challenge:

How to blend their different, and many times opposite ideas, perspectives and opinions in an intelligent way, i.e., in a way that truly harnesses their collective wisdom.

25 ideas each ONE voteSPREADTHINK = 100%

1-2 votes might go to others’ ideas!SPREADTHINK <100%

More votes might go to others’ ideas!SPREADTHINK <= 50%

Converging means…Shared knowledgeCollective Understanding

25 opinions

Challenge

How to design and structure the process to guarantee that their collective wisdom will be harnessed.

100 or more ideas

20-30

35: Lack of understanding privacy issues

42: Difficulty to cope with privacy and security issues

Does 35 worsen 42

A YES, is result of great majorityA YES is an influence relationship

SDDP - Schools of tomorrow

Most influential factor:

Flexible curriculum

SDDP – Actions for Safer internet

7: Introduce safer internet in school curricula, embedding it within all subjects

13: Organized youth groups to promote and disseminate knowledge and experiences from the perspective of the youth

28: Use of new media and videos to witness personal experiences from victims

19: Workshops using real cases

37: Research collaborations between Ministries of Education, Academia, and Non-governmental actors

SDDP – The Positives of the internet

54: Can find any information on any subject immediately

67: Can pay most bills online and purchase globally

36: Geographically, distance is eliminated through virtual access to physical domains.

SDDP – The negatives of the Internet

19: The immortality of the data

45: Easy access to games and sites inappropriate for one’s age

54: Confusion between verified and unverified information

48: Exposure in racist content

The Science of Dialogic DesignIntegration of theory and practice

Jeff Diedrich: Logosofia - Next gen. SDD software

IdeaPrism: A collection of Web- and App technologies to support scaling-up

Cogniscope v3 and beyond

Our Tools

CONCLUSIONSActions for Safer internet

1. Embed safer internet in all subjects

2. Youth take the lead to promote and disseminate knowledge and experiences from their perspective

3. Use new media and videos to witness personal experiences from victims

4. Conduct workshops using real cases

5. Research collaborations between Ministries of Education, Academia, and Non-governmental actors