TY - JOUR
T1 - From remote-controlled to self-controlled citizens
AU - Helbing, D.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The digital revolution will make data abundant and cheap. Moving from a time of darkness into a digital age with information overload, we will need suitable filters. However, those who build these filters will determine what we see. This creates possibilities to influence people's decisions such that they become remotely controlled rather than make their decisions on their own. Since omnibenevolent rule cannot be supposed and top-down control is flawed for several reasons, another approach is needed. It can be found with distributed control, collective intelligence and participation. “Nervousnet” will be presented as a feasible specimen of a Citizen Web.
AB - The digital revolution will make data abundant and cheap. Moving from a time of darkness into a digital age with information overload, we will need suitable filters. However, those who build these filters will determine what we see. This creates possibilities to influence people's decisions such that they become remotely controlled rather than make their decisions on their own. Since omnibenevolent rule cannot be supposed and top-down control is flawed for several reasons, another approach is needed. It can be found with distributed control, collective intelligence and participation. “Nervousnet” will be presented as a feasible specimen of a Citizen Web.
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U2 - 10.1140/epjst/e2016-60372-1
DO - 10.1140/epjst/e2016-60372-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85010737437
SN - 1951-6355
VL - 226
SP - 313
EP - 320
JO - The European Physical Journal. Special Topics
JF - The European Physical Journal. Special Topics
IS - 2
ER -