In his article for Interactions Magazine, Taking a Broader View of the Human Experience Experientia’s Mark Vanderbeeken notes that experience design is a human centric process and…

[s]ince we are living in a time of rapid change, our task as professionals is not just to understand the current context or anticipate future possibilities, but to help create a future world that is socially, economically, spiritually, and environmentally sustainable.

Sir Tim Burners-Lee shares a similar vision for the the World Wide Web; what he describes as Linked Data.

I liken Linked Data to that of Chaos Theory. When we study what appears to be randomness in any system or structure, patterns begin to emerge.

The beauty of this vision for the web is that it has the potential to solve long standing health issues, break down social and economic barriers, replace myths with fact, and ultimately allow us to make wise choices about our own lives and those we care about.

As Mr. Vanderbeeken points out in his Interactions Magazine article above, we’re all ultimately accountable for our future, and that of our children. If Linked Data comes to fruition, that larger than life responsibility will fall on us all regardless of your title, income, or location in the world.

Linked data is huge…there [is] data in every aspect of our lives. It’s not just about the number of places where data comes, it’s about connecting it together.