Look closely at this picture, taken in a street of a developed country, and so typical of today’s crisis:
What are people queuing for?
Maybe their bank went broke and they queue, hoping to save their last pennies.
Maybe they don’t have anything to eat, and they wait for some food to be given away?
Maybe they don’t have a job, and they wait patiently in front of the local job office?
Sorry – none of this. This is what they wait for:
They wait for the new iPhone. They wait for the new communication tools which, behind the scenes, reshapes our world.
The Fourth Revolution is a Revolution. Institutions and society will change. Arab countries revolt, helped by modern communication technology. The foundations of our industry and financial system are shaken by the changes in the value chain. What was worthwhile yesterday will not be valued tomorrow; what was mainstream yesterday might be unethical tomorrow.
The world readjusts to the Fourth Revolution. Schumpeter’s “creative destruction” is happening right under our eyes. The foundations of the Industrial Revolution are shaken. Silently, behind the scenes, a new world is being shaped by visionaries, Steve Jobs and others. An other world. The Collaborative Age.
