Social Media Sparks Visions of a Radically Open Future

TED Global is underway in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a lineup of more than 70 speakers set to offer their visions of radical openness (the theme of this year's conference) across disciplines as diverse as corporate governance, global security and education.

The conference was kicked off by Dan Tapscott, who in 2003 authored The Naked Corporation, which called for new levels of corporate transparency and accountability -- a novel idea at the time, when you consider there was no Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.

In his talk, Tapscott defined what he sees as the four key principles for an open world: transparency, collaboration, sharing and empowerment. Offering examples…
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