Study Theobald's question of 'mind-quake', find a real-life example and describe it:
All people will need to master the art of surviving and controlling mindquakes. A mindquake is a concept by Robert Theobald, meaning a certain point in the process of change where the old model and old understanding lose their meaning. Very good tecnological mind-quake example is e-voting. I think for many people in Estonia the mind-quake has happened. E-voting is safe and secure, and what is most important it can be done anywhere where is internet. Hope that rest of the modern world will start using ID cards for voting.
Pick one of Handy's paradoxes, find a good real-life illustrative case and describe it:
The paradox of productivity. At the organizational level, productivity improvement means more work from fewer people. At the social level, more people become inactive or enter the underground economy. The result is organizations become more productive and society less so.
Farm in southern Estonia takes a technological leap forward and starts to use robots for milking cows. 15 local people get unemployed and suddenly need to have replacement jobs. Region is poor and closest town is 20-30 kilometres away. People lose their income and are forced to move in town or just live for unemployment money. Technology makes society less productive.
See list of online collaboration network tools:
http://www.mindmeister.com/12213323/best-online-collaboration-tools-2009-robin-good-s-collaborative-map
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