Watch the interview with Dougald Hine: http://youtu.be/YJ9WZDO0-sc "A STORM IS BLOWING FROM PARADISE" Dougald Hine As a starting point, there will be a brief outline of some of the historical trends that have led us to where we find ourselves: * breakdown of the engine of economic progress for much of the developed world, well before the post-2008 crisis * tilting of the global economy away from 19-20C powers (EU, US) towards new (or older) BRICS countries * networked disruption - what does the Arab Spring have in common with Napster? * ecological crisis unmatched in the lifespan of our species * crisis of measurement - awareness that reductive quantitative analysis leaves out something important, search for better metrics (social capital, pricing externalities), but this doesn't solve the problem Links: http://dougald.co.uk/ Britain's 50 new Radicals http://www.nesta.org.uk/news_and_features/britains_new_radicals/dougald_hine