The Swarm vs The Mob - Subcultures in The Network Society | Alexander Bard | TEDxMarrakesh

Constructive swarms versus destructive mobs in a digitalized world,
Now that we are tribalized in the digital and old identities, what are the constructive and destructive groups, and why are they one or the other? How do you notice that? Alexander Bard is a Swedish cyber philosopher, futurologist ,and the author of "The Netocrats", "The Global Empire", The Body Machines" and "Syntheism - Creating God in The Internet Age", together with Jan Söderqvist.
He also has a background of 25 highly successful years in the international music industry as an entrepreneur, music producer, songwriter, and artist with the bands Army Of Lovers, Vacuum, BWO and Gravitonas. In the 2010s,
Alexander Bard has also been highly successful as an edgy and controversial judge on the TV shows "Swedish Idol" and "Sweden's Got Talent" and become a highly sought after public speaker.
Alexander Bard has given lectures on the philosophical, sociological and economic implications of the internet revolution since the late 1990s. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx