The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that information, rather than financial power, is what truly empowers individuals in society.
John Naisbitt's quote highlights a fundamental shift in the dynamics of power from a concentrated monetary influence to the widespread accessibility of information. In today's world, the ability to access and utilize information can empower the masses, making it a more democratic force than wealth alone. This perspective urges us to recognize the value of knowledge and information in driving innovation, societal change, and individual potential.
In practice
In a discussion about social media's role in modern activism.
If you have to be right, you put yourself in a hedged lane, but once you experience the power of not having to be right, you will feel like you are walking across open fields, the perspective wide and your feet free to take any turn.
Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.
The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.
Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.
Trends, like horses, are easier to ride in the direction they are going.
The most reliable way to forecast the future is to try to understand the present.
I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly.
I may be just an empty flesh terminal reliant on technology for all my ideas, memories and relationships, but I am confident that all of that everything that makes me a unique human being is still out there somewhere, safe in a theoretical storage space owned by giant, multinational corporations.
In my opinion, right now there's way too much hype on the technologies and not enough attention to the real businesses behind them.
Digital technology is both arousing and distancing. We don't look at the users on the other side as people. They aren't - they're just usernames, Facebook photos and Twitter handles.
Nevertheless, the number of farmers, small as well as large, who are adopting the new seeds and new technology is increasing very rapidly, and the increase in numbers during the past three years has been phenomenal.
Virtually every major technological advance in the history of the human species - back to the invention of stone tools and the domestication of fire - has been ethically ambiguous.
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