Alan Moore is pitching a proposal for next year's SXSW. If you like the sound of it, vote for it. His 'No Straight Lines Thinking' approach is a rallying call for a new philosophy more appropriate to the networked world. Disclosure: Alan is a good friend to me, and someone I have worked with in the past and would gladly work with in the future - a true believer in the power of the network. He says: The core areas (to investigate) are these: System breakdown: We are witness to a structural and transformational change in society. The wholesale pursuit of material wealth has in fact come at a terrible cost for society Threat: the current unsustainability of humanity The true nature of humans and the technology of man: their intimate relationship Liberation Day: We need to examine the various solutions and tools that can enable us to thrive and survive, to take back that which makes us whole as people, individually and collectively. Simplexity: The digital and highly networked world seems to have created a more complex way of living. We need to learn to deal with this complexity, by understanding how it works. Deschoolling: Our imperative is to de-school ourselves in a philosophy that has driven us into a cultural, ideological and economic cul-de-sac. New Philosophy: We need a new language to help us understand the deep context of the change we are in The no straight line universe: We need to explore its shape we need to feel it; physically, intellectually, and emotionally And there's a video to explain a little more:   FasterFuture is regularly updated by David Cushman