Tweet Review on The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change by Al Gore

This is my tweet (@yudoanggoro) review on The Future, a book by Al Gore. This 592 pages book was launched last week, January 29, 2013.

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1. After successfully revealed “an inconvenient truth” in 2006 (he got Nobel for Peace for this), now Al Gore attempts to envision our future #TheFuture

2. There are six drivers of global change, according to Al Gore #TheFuture

3. First, what he calls “Earth Inc”, our attempt to integrate capital, labor, consumer, and markets in holistic way #TheFuture

4. Second, ” The Global Mind”, the way advanced technology has reshaped our way of communicating and interacting with people #TheFuture

5. Third, the shift of global power, from the US dominated system to a more decentralized systems, thanks to the emerging economies #TheFuture

6. Fourth, Our greediness has led us to unsustainable growth in consumption, pollution, and depletion of energy sources #TheFuture

7. Fifth, the more important and significant role of medical, agriculture, and molecular science to human’s life #TheFuture

8. Sixth, The radical disruption of the relationship between the ecosystem and human beings (degradation of life) #TheFuture

9. It seems that Al Gore has switched his role to futurologist now #TheFuture

10. Making prediction as what Alvin Toffler (Future Shock) and John Naisbitt (Megatrends) did several years ago #TheFuture

11. Several suggestions from Al Gore for us to face the future #TheFuture

12. First, and our most priority, we need to create an open space for discussion. He calls it as open “public squares” #TheFuture

13. Open space for discussion means accelerating the transition of democratic institution…through internet #TheFuture

14. The same goes to media.He says, one way, conglomerate-controlled television medium has been suffocating the free flow of ideas#TheFuture

15. Well, did he learn that case in Indonesia too? (The conglomerate-controlled media) 😀 #TheFuture

16. The same digital approach should also be applied to access to health care #TheFuture

17. This is what we usually call “precision medicine” #TheFuture

18. Internet should reinforce a “circular economy”, characterized by higher level of recycling, reuse, and efficiency in using energy#TheFuture

19. For pollution, placing a tax on CO2 should be considered so that the revenue can be returned to tax payers #TheFuture

20. The value of public goods shud be recognized,the creation of more public goods-health care,education,transportation- provide jobs#TheFuture

21. Most importantly, we desperately need leadership that is based on the deepest human values. Damn, kena banget nih #TheFuture

22. eh, most of our discussions are public policy problems, so let’s study public policy 🙂 #TheFuture