I suspect 2023 is going to be strange year. Visibly, a number of things are being nakedly exposed, even atrophying before our very eyes. Things like politics and its governing system, behaviours that upend equitable actions, and so on.
Yes they’ve been apparent, but we’re increasingly aware of the urgency to do something. What replaces pre-2020 is still in incubation, if not fully formed. It was a bit like this around 2004–2006 with ideas. The first wave 1989–2001 set up a correction for the next jump, and to now 2023?
Except that the last two innovation jumps, whilst opening up new communities have tended to veer towards the notion of capitalism at any costs. What happens next has many already acutely aware of the ills of the past. What happens next, particularly in the engine growth of new economies isn’t to replicate templates elsewhere.
The word “integrated” gets used a lot, because generally work and lifestyles are still seen as actioned as independent silos. It’s that division of labour thing necessary for its time concerning productivity. For instance work until recently was primarily office-based. It was felt if you weren’t in an office, you wouldn’t be so productive, but increasingly, meetings or work is taking place from the home and a balance for output has been found.
Journalism, which I know a bit about over the thirty years is an area that requires an integrated overhaul, but with what? And hasn’t it already been through change? And should it be called Journalism, any longer? Why is journalism important?
it’s a main conveyer belt for knowledge, but its achilles is its set form in which its guard rails can be found struggling against the status quo. Rightly bound by facts, but losing the sense at how it fashions a story so people take positive steps from being informed, taking action for the right reasons, taking action towards bettering society and cultures. AI, behavioural science and Applied storytelling have a role here integrated as one.
There was an out and out model of journalism as news that appeared to work before methods were found to undermine it. A model to inform people in the next wave that fails to integrate behavioural psychology, with applied storytelling, tech and art will only serve to provide what we’re already doing.
Some years back, I wrote about the journalism interfaces that would establish for readers connections in stories. That’s doable now.
In the 1600s the word “Nice” meant to be Ignorant or stupid. Words change, disciplines too. By 2030 I hope the word storyteller or journalist is someone who performs multiple functions from different domains in building things that solve problems, whether that be stories or otherwise.
