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Do you remember where you were when you first heard of this thing called the Internet? 
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The Third Industrial Revolution will not only radically alter our economy, but also our social and political lives. The engine of the first industrial revolution, the railroad, and the defining feature of the second industrial revolution, fossil fuels, all require centralized management and massive concentrations of capital - the essence of modern capitalism. The third industrial revolution requires less. Author and economist Jeremy Rifkin tells Piya Chattopadhyay how an "energy internet" spread across millions of homes and offices will usher in a new era of decentralized, lateral power.
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What happens when an Internet revolution merges with a renewable energy revolution? Jeremy Rifkin, author of 19 books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment and adviser to President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, speaks about a new Third Industrial Revolution - one based on a distributed, lateral power. The result may just be a sustainable world.
Michael Hohenwarter's curator insight,
January 8, 2014 4:18 PM
The concept of lateral power - it`s the opposite of hirachical power. Rifkin puts it in the context of energy and the internet...the gateway to a sustainable future! 
Josef Kreitmayer's curator insight,
January 22, 2014 4:59 PM
Heute mit jemandem aus Spanien gesprochen. Dort hat das Internet eine völlig neue Umgangsweise mit Nachrichten, und der Lage entwickelt. Vor kurzem leisteten die Bürger*innen einiger Städte gemeinsam "Widerstand" um die Bürger*innen einer Stadt zu unterstützen, in ihrem Kampf, um ein teures Parkgaragen-Projekt zu verhindern, das nur wenigen, diesen aber viel, Nutzen gebracht hätte. |
