Google Zeitgeist Europe 2008

These are some Higlights from Google 2008 Zeitgeist Conference in UK.

And a short summary from a participant:

Google Zeitgeist Europe 2008 Summary

"I have just returned from one of the most impressive conferences I've ever attended. Google Zeitgeist Europe (not to be confused with Google's search trends service) is an annual 2-day conference, which began in 2006, and is by invitation only for around 400 of Google's strategic partners in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region. This year's Zeitgeist was held at The Grove in Hertfordshire, an impressive English estate about 40 km's North-West of Central London.

Thankfully, it wasn't a trade conference and Google products weren't pushed down your throat as you might've expected, although there was some obvious tie-ins with certain products like YouTube and of course very strong branding throughout the event. The agenda was somewhat TED-like with a diverse mix of technologists, politicians, scientists and entrepreneurs as speakers."

Opening Speech was held by Gordon Brown, British PM . Other well lnown figtures like Queen Rania, Joi Ito, Salman Rushdie, Chad Hurley, Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, Sergei Brin etc etc were at the stage too.

My distinct feeling and perception is that once again- this memetic pattern seems to be on steroids- orange/green/green co-creation wheels are moved. With yellow sparkling points , yes, but terribly starving in pre-orange maps, momentum, insights and foundations. Even with black wholes...

Its good that the conference was held near London. In one of the European connectivity zones which are so vital in many ways. As soon as I am only thinking about what is going on in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Eurasian region and not to mention Middle East, Africa and Broader Asia, I must say and call out:

Help ending poverty and starving of memetic pre-orange in 70 Percent of World Population. More than 4 Billion people! Tell European and American Top Leaders -especially next US President -what kind of Manhattan Project (Steve mcIntosh and Tom Friedman were labeling it this way)is needed. and begin to understand that ZEITGEIST isnt merely creativity and technology in real time and democratised.

Iits about deep transformations -emergence and convergence - on various levels and orbits of complexity in the codes and structures of human consciousness.