During October, Foresight.fi invited its readers and the online community to take part in building the future of the information society. Foresight.fi invited readers to share their opinions on the blog or on their personal blogs. Based on the participation, Sitra worked to create a vision of the future of the information society to be used in creating the national strategy for the information society. The draft version of the vision was released on October 26th.
In the vision, the information society is based on meaningful services, a high-quality infrastructure and open standards. The technology will not, however, replace the human touch needed in different fields, such as nursing. The vision also addressed themes such as democracy, freedom and availability of information and working in the information society.
Following on this theme, other bloggers also touched upon the subject of information. In today’s society, controlling information is comparable to controlling the means and results of production. Most businesses race toward controlling and limiting the availability of information – seen especially in the increasing importance of intellectual property rights – and making information a commodity with a price tag. This trend is being supported by the government, for example, by allowing financial actors take a more dominant role in the University system. As a counter reaction, the public (such as the students) are raising their voice, and becoming more radical.
