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Series of thought-provoking talks on topics that affect culture and society.

Series of thought-provoking talks in which the speakers air their thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society

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Four Thought: Series 2: Episode 22: Russell M Davies: The Next Technological Revolution

Russell M Davies: The Next Technological Revolution

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Episode 22: Russell M Davies: The Next Technological Revolution

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Russell M Davies says the next revolution will unleash individual creativity.

Russell M Davies says the next revolution will unleash individual creativity, only this time in our objects and our relationships with them.

After the internet and social media, what will be the next technological revolution?

Writer, blogger and social entrepreneur Russell M. Davies argues that like the early days of blogging, we are about to witness another flowering of individual creativity. This time, he says, it will unleash "all sorts of interesting gadgety things", and determine our relationships with them.

"It's about making your own stuff, which might be a bit silly and a bit trivial and pointless, but you get the satisfaction of making it yourself," he says. This revolution in individual gadgetry - and designing our relationship with them - will prove "exciting, radical, life-affirming stuff".

Four Thought is a series of talks which combine thought provoking ideas and engaging storytelling. Recorded in front of an audience at the RSA in London, speakers take to the stage to air their latest thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect our culture and society.

Producer: Giles Edwards.

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