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Peer-to-peer work in the digital meaning society 2050




AuthorsJuho Ruotsalainen, Sirkka Heinonen, Joni Karjalainen, Marjukka Parkkinen

PublisherSpringer

Publication year2016

JournalEuropean Journal of Futures Research

Journal acronymEJFR

Article number10

Volume4

Issue1

Number of pages12

ISSN2195-4194

eISSN2195-2248

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40309-016-0092-2

Web address http://link.springer.com/journal/40309


Abstract

The article discusses possible futures of selforganising peer-to-peer work through four transformative scenarios constructed in the Neo-Carbon Energy research project. These futures images probe the futures of work from the perspective of peer-to-peer organisations and distributed renewable energy production. The scenarios lay a systemic view on he development of societies, studying how decentralised renewable energy with low costs could affect society and its social relations. We anticipate the emergence of a digital meaning society, in which the economy is based on the production of meanings and meaningfulness. The article analyses the results of a futures workshop on the futures of work by classifying them to seven core themes. The results of the analysis are compared to related implications for policy-making, and to the Millennium Project Work/Technology Scenarios 2050 for international perspectives. The article presents possible disruptions and key emerging issues, including the novel drivers for inequalities of peer-to-peer work.


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