As part of the future agenda programme we are running several events with students around the world. This first one in the UK brought togetehr LSE and RCA students to explore 4 topics - data, cities, food and health. These are some of there thoughts on what is missing from the current views.

1. On
March
20th
we
invited
students
from
the
Royal
College
of
Art
and
the
London
School
of
Economics
to
work
together,
share
views
and
add
to
the
Future
Agenda
insights.
These
are
their
12
addiEons
across
4
topic
areas.

2. Personalised
Diagnosis
Despite
concerns
about
privacy
and
ownership,
increased
access
to
personal
health
data
will
challenge
exisEng
healthcare
models
focused
on
stereotypical
condiEons.
In
the
future
expect
personalised
diagnosis
to
be
commonplace.

3. 24/7
Stress
Network
The
millennial
generaEon
is
more
stressed
than
any
other,
living
as
it
does
in
a
24/7,
culturally
diverse,
increasingly
urban
world.
Looking
ahead
there
will
be
a
need
to
provide
a
personalised,
community
based
support
network.

4. Quan9fied
Value
The
power
of
data
is
in
the
hands
of
those
who
are
able
to
organise
it.
But
who
will
be
able
to
define
what
is
fully
accurate
and
true
informaEon
before
it
can
be
quanEfied
and
therefore
have
value?

5. Paying
for
Privacy
We
do
not
currently
understand
the
value
of
our
data
or
how
it
is
being
used
and
so
are
giving
it
away.
In
the
future
we
might
be
willing
to
pay
more
for
our
privacy
than
the
data
we
share.

6. Crowd
Truthing
Such
is
the
influence
of
the
rising
data
swirl
that
“truth”
may
well
become
what
the
online
crowds
agree
to:
We
see
a
world
where
‘crowd
truth
verificaEon’
is
prioriEsed
over
search
and
media.

7. Masters
of
Our
Data
In
2025
there
will
be
a
seamless
border
between
digital
and
real
where
the
digital
truth
becomes
the
real
truth.
We
should
increase
awareness
of
our
digital
shadow
becoming
‘masters
of
our
data’.

8. Food
as
Currency
The
West’s
insaEable
demand
for
constant
variety
and
abundance
is
puZng
undue
pressure
on
the
food
industry
to
deliver
more
-­‐
thus
creaEng
a
spiral
of
rising
demand.
As
this
increases
food
may
become
its
own
currency.

9. In
Need
of
Belonging
Small
communiEes
exist
in
mega
ciEes
to
provide
a
sense
of
community
and
social
wellbeing.
Looking
ahead,
the
more
responsive
ciEes
will
seek
to
enable
communiEes
to
mould
their
neighbourhoods.

10. Pop-­‐up
Economies
Crowd-­‐sourcing
will
enable
‘pop-­‐up
economies’
where
communiEes
pool
resources
and
so
reduce
the
need
for
government
involvement.
The
downside
is
that
communiEes
create
their
own
idenEty
making
“them
and
us”
obvious.

11. Infrastructure
Responsibility
What
happens
when
the
city
becomes
so
transient
that
no
one
takes
overall
responsibility
for
its
infrastructure?
How
can
we
get
the
same
quality
of
infrastructure
in
rural
communiEes
as
there
is
in
ciEes?

12. Hub-­‐hop
For
some,
naEonal
idenEty
is
on
the
decline.
Look
out
for
the
rise
of
‘Hub-­‐hops’
–
city
areas
where
cultures
have
merged
and
technology
has
advanced.
These
urban
districts
are
the
homes
from
home
for
the
nomadic
global
ciEzen.

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