Sharing is caring

Those in positions of power, nonetheless global power, are increasingly able to project their ‘gaze’ and their ‘voice’ whereas those who don’t have this privilege find it increasingly difficult to be heard. The question posed was how can technology give those a voice who feel they don’t have one? How can we deploy systems in the post digital era to bridge the gap between the heard and unheard?

Physical protest can be sanctioned and even punished but can it be stopped in a holographic form? Does This give more freedom for protestors to voice an opinion without being seized or sanctioned? Will this innovation give more people the chance to voice an opinion when they are in exile?

Our every day lives are increasingly under surveillance. In the post digital age will the user be able to take more control back and use an online presence as a place to escape this? Will this be in the form of a digital revolution? And is a digital revolution only possible with social revolution?

In order for successful sharing economy a new platform needs to be created where the user can hold complete control of their online presence without inputs from larger organisations. Our current online platforms limits the user and holds much control over what the user can access, see and do which makes their online presence extremely fragile.

Can we create a space where thought can be expressed and voices can be heard amongst the crowd without any control but the users?

“If people had the tools, they would be free” Vinay Gupta

How can design work alongside digital grassroots activism to overcome the problems in the current digital world we live in? How can we communicate these ideas to the people, to inform them, educate them and help navigate through the next step in the evolution of the digital world we have inherited.

We are on the cusp of a change and as designers we have a responsibility to embrace this.