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THE WORLD IN 2017

2017

The Year Of
Responsibility

Aric Dromi is the Chief                   presence through the use of digital       technology will use US as part of its
Futurologist at Volvo Group,              content. From empathy, freedom,           ability to further involve mankind
a digital philosopher and                 well-being to intelligence, education     beyond the boundaries of human
‘professional troublemaker’.              and governance, our creativity,           imagination.
He helps corporate decision               economics and politics, all found         A new narrative is emerging, one
makers gain a better grasp of             themselves rethinking their potentials    that enables us to break the barriers
their objectives and future               and impact.                               of one-dimensional interactions and
strategies. Aric's work covers                                                      dramatically change our perceptions
trend activity in the realms              “We don't need                            of identity, ownership and society.
of science and technology,                reformation. We
economics, politics and                   need reinvention.                         We have to take responsibility for the
demographics.                             We need                                   fields of potentials that lay beyond
                                          transformation.”                          the digital touch-points, we have to
We do not just live in a new                                                        stop thinking in terms of software and
               world but in a world that                                            hardware, human and technology and
               is constantly reinventing                                            understand that we must become the
 itself and at an exponential rate.                                                 machine before the machine becomes
 Technology has already altered our                                                 us.
 perception of reality and, if leveraged
 correctly, will disrupt our existence.   2017 will be no different. I've no doubt  2017 needs to mark the point where
                                          we will keep climbing the mountains       we adopt a new holistic perception
 For me, the past two years marked        of the impossible and of "never           of life and business. We can't allow
 the point of no return in regards to     thought of before" and use technology     ourselves to change or modify the
 digital augmentation and the ability of  to improve our life and businesses,       current situation. We don't need
 new touch points to enhance virtual      yet 2107 will also be the year where      reformation. We need reinvention. We
                                                                                    need transformation. n

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