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 === KPU === === KPU ===
  
-In this session we'd like to get a sense of the present situation of the Third Culture, from the perspective of this group+In this session we'd like to get a sense of the present situation of the Third Culture
-  * What do we know about the Third Culture? + 
-  * What can we presume about the Third Culture? +{{>https://secure.flickr.com/photos/foam/14510592662/}} 
-  * What do we (in this group) not know about the Third Culture?+ 
 +__What do we (in this group) know about the Third Culture?__ 
 + 
 +  * technology is a byproduct of politics and ideology 
 +  * 3CK is also known as a term describing kids living outside of their parents’ clture 
 +  * there are two books by C.P.Snow (1962) and by J. Brockman (1995) 
 +  * art and science speak in two languages: science explains, art understands, and there are some people who can bridge the two 
 +  * digital media facilitates Third Culture (a common platform) 
 + 
 + 
 +__What can we presume about the Third Culture?__ 
 +  * Third Culture is a "western" culture (EU, USA, Australia, NZ); conscious that cold war divisions (1st, 2nd, 3rd world) don’t apply any more 
 +  * It continues from now (or from the past) 
 +  * Things will slow down 
 +  * Things will have to be negotiated (tried, discussed, possibly discarded) 
 +  * Bodily experiences and languages will become more important 
 +  * Social groups will be more interest than family based 
 +  * Nerds are able to bridge two cultures (Kevin Kelly) 
 +  * Cultural development will be constrained (social political influences) 
 +2 dichotomies: 
 +  * things will be good <-> technology will be misused 
 +  * self creative <-> imposed technology 
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 + 
 +__What do we (in this group) not know about the Third Culture?__ 
 +  * Where are the boundaries (2 cultures and X; third culture and the rest of society)? 
 +  * Is Third Culture something new or recycling of old ideas (Renaissance etc.) 
 +  * What are the interests and motivations for Third Culture? 
 +  * What are the origins of the Third Culture? 
 +  * What are possible influences on society? 
 +  * How will the middle ground emerge between two solitudes? 
 +  * What will happen to self?  
 +  * How many divisions might exist - 1,2,3rd, why not 4th, 5th, 6th… Culture? 
 +  * Will technology destroy or in other ways limit the Third culture? 
 +  * Is the Third Culture a good thing? 
 +  * Is tension not more productive than resolution or compromise? 
  
 === Change Drivers === === Change Drivers ===
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