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On March 20th we invited students from the Royal College of Art and the London School of Economics to work together, share views and add to the Future Agenda insights. These are their 12 addiEons across 4 topic areas.
Personalised Diagnosis Despite concerns about privacy and ownership, increased access to personal health data will challenge exisEng healthcare models focused on stereotypical condiEons. In the future expect personalised diagnosis to be commonplace.
24/7 Stress Network The millennial generaEon is more stressed than any other, living as it does in a 24/7, culturally diverse, increasingly urban world. Looking ahead there will be a need to provide a personalised, community based support network.
Quan9fied Value The power of data is in the hands of those who are able to organise it.
But who will be able to define what is fully accurate and true informaEon before it can be quanEfied and therefore have value?
Paying for Privacy We do not currently understand the value of our data or how it is
being used and so are giving it away. In the future we might be willing to pay more for our privacy than the data we share.
Crowd Truthing Such is the influence of the rising data swirl that “truth” may well become what the online crowds agree to: We see a world where ‘crowd truth verificaEon’ is prioriEsed over search and media.
Masters of Our Data In 2025 there will be a seamless border between digital and real where the digital truth becomes the real truth. We should increase awareness
of our digital shadow becoming ‘masters of our data’.
Food as Currency The West’s insaEable demand for constant variety and abundance is puZng undue pressure on the food industry to deliver more -‐ thus creaEng a spiral of rising demand. As this increases food may become its own currency.
In Need of Belonging Small communiEes exist in mega ciEes to provide a sense of community and social wellbeing. Looking ahead, the more responsive ciEes will
seek to enable communiEes to mould their neighbourhoods.
Pop-‐up Economies Crowd-‐sourcing will enable ‘pop-‐up economies’ where communiEes pool
resources and so reduce the need for government involvement. The downside is that communiEes create their own idenEty making “them and us” obvious.
Infrastructure Responsibility What happens when the city becomes so transient that no one takes overall responsibility for its infrastructure? How can we get the same quality of infrastructure in rural communiEes as there is in ciEes?
Hub-‐hop For some, naEonal idenEty is on the decline. Look out for the rise of ‘Hub-‐hops’ – city areas where cultures have merged and technology has advanced. These
urban districts are the homes from home for the nomadic global ciEzen.
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