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On March 20 th 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.

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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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