Cyberocracy: information as power
Cyberocracy: Information as Power – Is Cyberocracy Rule Coming?
Governing with information! According to futurology, the way we are headed is cybercracy. The effective use of information to govern essentially as ‘Responsible Alternative Government’.
A speculative system since until now there has been no previous government. Although there are a growing number of models, Cyberocracy has a good chance of becoming the norm for many nations.
Information, and information control here is key. The next step in political evolution? Modern times have seen many new types of people enter the ruling arena thanks to Democracy and Bureaucracy. Democracy and bureaucracy are forms of government that took shape to replace aristocracy: the nobles in the government of society. Theocracy – society ruled by the church. Could another change along the ruling timeline possibly be the Cyberocracy? Through revolution comes change, the information and communication technology revolution can and will pave the way. Ultimately, information technology will shape politics more than we have ever seen.
Living in a Post-Industrial Society, informing and communicating take the place of what was before, the capital and labor devices of – Industrial Society. Information transforms and shapes power. The traditional modes of power are transformed and the physical/material parameters of before are replaced by the new non-physical and non-material intellectual currencies of the Cyber-Enlightenment.
Many current world leaders will go down in history as the last of their kind, as this radical new form of government is sure to replace the old political models. Many nations and societies will experience new hybrid forms of government. Different mixtures that follow the current sociology of the time. Although many pending changes in government do not come without a dark side, and many in this field of speculation have little to no idea what this new form of government will look like.
Cybercracy is a form of government that redefines and builds new relationships and pathways between the public and private sectors. These new communication forays will ultimately be the dynamic that can only be achieved through information/technology cross-pollination between people.
Decision making by Information becomes the heart and soul. Cultural, sociological, psychological, environmental and even new age spiritualism will become the emphasis of the new politics/opinions of the people, public or private. Being highly reactive to situations using the most relevant information available will inevitably lead to AI technology helping/decision making at the speed of light and even closer, pleasant decision making/assistance that current systems simply couldn’t. compete. Thinking with AI. Eventually, a government – ruled by machines, taking digital democracy to a new level – Cyberocracy!
Just as new combinations of old ideas are mixed to form a new thought, the creation of a completely new thought eventually takes place. The tools and platforms that have led us through these changes are, in particular: The printing press, The typewriter, The abacus. The old thought goes through a process and emerges as a new thought, whether we are aware of it or not. Similarly, the ever-changing effect of people thinking and working together on new levels never seen before. The same is the concept of humans working and ‘thinking’ alongside Artificial Intelligence. Very often a noticeable difference (from humans) won’t even be noticeable.
This increasingly interconnected world will always be under construction in one way or another. Population levels, ever-changing occupational pathways, the habitation of other worlds getting closer: information IS key. Does this unequivocally mean that the ‘human condition’ is improving, or are we simply drifting off course? However, ‘information’ is inherently what all humans crave. Cyber speed information could very well lead to all people living in a cyber bubble electing their own personal government to help/decide crucial matters on a minute-by-minute basis. Would this cause more political division in societies or just leave everyone to their own devices/bubbles? We create our own ’round table’ governments in our lives out of the AI Sphere.
The Hierarchy and The Top Sight: Teams, whether human, non-human (or mixed) of different levels and branches, still depend on the hierarchy. This hierarchy still needs to exist in whatever form possible for effective leadership teams to be productive to any extent. Open type structures, more fluid processes, more ‘top view’ management. A more central understanding of the big picture. The most precious of all assets known to humans – IS the intellectual landscape.
It has been widely known that Communist States fear all stages of the information revolution (especially when it is in the hands of the people). The communications revolution forces nations to reconsider everything they have ever known, to open up and adapt to new systems.
Just as new technology favors democracy, so too does Cybercracy embrace the Intellectual in the Open Road Forward in a Landscape of the Cybernetic.
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