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The Future of Empowerment Today
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49:51Now PlayingThe 21st century brings with it both exciting opportunities and dangerous threats. Rapid technological advancements alongside new perspectives are promising to radically improve both the present and future. However, issues of authoritarianism, terrorism, inequality and a lack of political imagination continually shadow these possibilities. Significantly, both these positive and negative aspects of the contemporary world are being fueled by new forms of social, economic and political organization.
This documentary looks at the future of empowerment – specifically at the ways new technologies can be used to empower people to transform their lives, the economy and the world around them.
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