On BANG Convergence and Three Other Key Value Drivers in the Coming Decades

Global Business Network is one of my favorite sources. To me Peter Schwartz, Stewart Brand and Eamonn Kelly are leading thinkers. In this short PDF document Eamonn Kelly - author of the highly acclaimed (futuristic) book Powerful Times - sheds some light on four key drivers of value creation in the coming decades.

The reasons for posting this one are the importance of the Gift Economy (see also the recent remarks by Kevin Kelly, Yochai Benkler and Don Tapscott), the revitalization of the Physical Infrastructure Economy (creative new insight) and most importantly the coming BANG convergence. BANG convergence is bigger than the current Digital Convergence and it relates to Bits, Atoms, Neurons and Genes. This is one of my favorite topics for a very long time as a result of reading the book Complexity. A life changer to me ! After reading this book in 1993, I was lured to the Santa Fe Institute as an inspiring knowledge platform for BANG convergence. It inspired me to read great books by Stuart Kauffman and Ilya Prigogine. And when we watch all those outstanding videos on TED we can see by our own senses why the BANG convergence is the biggest value creator of our times. 

Comments

[Raimo van der Klein]

soo....what is the BANG theory?? Slides?

[Raimo van der Klein]

that is Bang convergence..hehe

[Yuri]

BANG convergence is about the similarities in complex systems comprising of networks of bits, atoms, neurons and genes.

Kevin Kellys' classic book Out of Control already showed us how bits and genes converge. Hardware, software and IT networks all increasingly resemble biological organisms and copy biological hacks and solutions. Even digital content as well as online marketing in general become more biological due to the web 2.0 adoption, the interconnectedness of conversations, the rise of viral and buzz mechanisms as well as open APIs.

We live in the century of Biology, more than anything else.

[Marko Rinck]

Hi Yuri,

Other books that are interesting concerning this topic that I know of are:
Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos by Roger Lewin,
Coping with Uncertainty; Insights from the new sciences of Chaos, Self Organization and Complexity by Uri Merry,
The Systems view of the World; A Holistic Vision of our time ( Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity and Human Sciences) by Ervin Lazslo,
Principles of Biological Autonomy by Fransico Varela and of course the classic
Self Organizing Universe: Scientific and Human implications by Erich Jantsch.
The last two books are currently out of print as far as I know of.

[Yuri]

Hi Marko,

Thanks for your valuable comment and referenced books !

I read the books from Varela and Lewin. Good stuff.

[James Aach]

FYI: Stewart Brand has also been active in looking at climate change and possible solutions, and he was kind enough to endorse my insider book on nuclear energy, which is available at no cost to readers at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com and is also in paperback.

[Yuri van Geest]

Hi James,

Thanks for sharing.

But could you explain to me what the link is between nuclear energy and my blog post?

Thanks

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