Networked: The New Social Operating System
VIEW EVENT DETAILSEvening Dialogue with Lee Rainie, Director of Internet, Science and Techonology Research, Pew Research Center & Co-Author, "Networked" and Clay Chandler, Principal, The Barrenrock Group
Drinks reception at 6.30pm
Dialogue at 7pm
Close at 8pm
Daily life is connected life, its rhythms driven by endless email pings and responses, the chimes and beeps of continually arriving text messages, tweets and retweets, Facebook updates, pictures and videos to post and discuss. Our perpetual connectedness gives us endless opportunities to be part of the give-and-take of networking. Some, though, worry that this new environment makes us isolated and lonely. In “Networked”, authors, Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman, show how the large, loosely knit social circles of networked individuals expand opportunities for learning, problem solving, decision making and personal interaction. The new social operating system of “networked individualism” liberates us from the restrictions of tightly knit groups. It also requires us to develop networking skills and strategies, work on maintaining ties, and balance multiple overlapping networks. Drawing on extensive evidence, they examine how the move to networked individualism has expanded personal relationships beyond households and neighborhoods; transformed work into less hierarchical, more team-driven enterprises; encouraged individuals to create and share content; and changed the way people obtain information. During the presentation, Mr. Rainie will guide us through the challenges and opportunities of living in the evolving world of networked individuals.
Lee Rainie is Director of Internet, Science and Technology research at the Pew Research Center. He launched the Pew Internet Project which has issued more than 500 reports and commentaries about the social impact of technology based on its surveys that examine people’s online and mobile activities and digital technology’s role in their lives. Mr Rainie was previously Managing Editor of US News and World Report. He is co-author of “Networked: The new social operating system” and five books about the future of the Internet that are based on Pew Internet Project surveys. Mr Rainie graduated from Harvard University and received his master’s degree from Long Island University.
Clay Chandler is an author, editor and principal at The Barrenrock Group, a Hong Kong-based consultancy where he advises leading global services firms and investment funds. From 2008-2013, Mr Chandler served as Asia Editor for McKinsey & Company, where he worked to develop and share the firm’s knowledge, insight and ideas. Prior to joining McKinsey, he was an award-winning journalist. Mr Chandler has served as Asia Editor for Fortune, chief economic correspondent and Asia economic correspondent for the Washington Post and Tokyo correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. He is a graduate of Harvard University and director of the Harvard Club of Hong Kong.