Did you attend Urban Future.
The executive Director at Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics, Marcel Van Oosterhout, and researcher at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Haydee Sheombar, participated in the workshop “Deep Dive – Developing the Citiverse.” Alongside Roland van der Heijden from Gemeente Rotterdam and Martijn van Schaik from BROKEN EGG
The Citiverse is a network of interconnected and distributed hybrid and virtual worlds, synchronized with their physical counterparts. It offers new virtual goods, services, and capabilities to city and community actors, represented as digital avatars.
– Inclusion in technology: How can we ensure that everyone, regardless of their current tech skills or knowledge, can benefit from advancements?
– Unified world: We should see the digital and physical realms as one integrated world, applying the same ethical standards to both.
– Learning from the past: We’re at a critical juncture to correct past mistakes where technology was implemented without adequate regulation. Legislation should be more proactive and agile.
– Future-ready skills: Instead of opposing technology, we need to address its challenges and prepare future generations with the skills necessary to thrive in a tech-centric world.
– Privacy and responsibility: Privacy is crucial. Anonymity can be beneficial in certain contexts, but we must also ensure accountability for harmful behaviors, just as in the physical world.
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