By the numbers

Technology’s place in our lives

Lee RainieDirector – Pew Research Center’s Internet &

American Life Project2.23.12

Delivered at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference Redwood City, CA

Revolution 1Internet /

Broadband

47%28%14%

61%78%

80%65%50%

94%98%

4%

65%

> 2/3

<10 hours a month online

(1999)

> 30 hours a month online

(2011)

140% increase words consumed since 1980

Info consumption up from 7.4 hours a day in 1960 to 11.8 hours

Reading volume has grown 3X since 1980

100,500 words per day and 34 gigabytes

Filter-ers > 50%

Revolution 2Social

networking

51% 66%

86% 34%

39%

318.5

197.6

124.2

78.4

42.0

5 hours46 minutes

a month (2010)

7 hours 46 minutes

a month (2011)

Unfriending56%

Friend enders15%22%

Fighters3%8%

Revolution 3Mobile

connectivity

88%

46%

Texters66%

Text preferers31%

Texting and driving

47%

Truly distracted

17%

Apps50%

Boredom beaters

42%

E-avoiders13%

Tablets10% 19%

E-book readers10% 19%

Multitaskers57%

Toting up the good

• Trust• Close relationships• Social and emotional support• Group involvement• Politically engaged• Civic spaces (no cocooning)• Bigger, more diverse networks

Toting up the not-so-good

Confused about gadgets

79%

Confused about truth

56%

Marginalized 55%

Annoyed at intrusions

42%

Afraid about cognitive impact

42%

Stressful to manage

33%

Overloaded27%

Maslow 5Survival needs - food

Safety needs – securityLove needs – group-iness

Esteem needs – achievementSelf-actualization – personal potential

Maslow +1

Selftranscendence

"Lock up your house, go across the railroad

tracks, find someone in need, and do something

for them.“-- Karl Menninger

NamasteThank you