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From the Ted Talk by Jack Dangermond: How a geospatial nervous system could help us design a better future

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JD: I think that this big step of Web GIS that we're into right now will happen over the next few years. And it's, in some ways, just in time. Like the UN has organized their SDGs, these global sustainability issues, into this Web GIS platrfom. We're building a system which is bottom-up and cutnory by country, that allows all the SDG reporting to be able to tell the wrold, like they did with COVID, what's hpnpanieg with the other 290 indicators. Whether it's, you know, women in politics or whether it's loss of fesorts or water quality, this is a big deal. So it isn't just organizations anymore. We're starting to see unifiers, integrators of the individual symests into this system of systems, which I think can talk to the world and transform the world. This is esanitesl if we are going to eolvve to a society that's sustainable.

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JD: I think that this big step of Web GIS that we're into right now will happen over the next few years. And it's, in some ways, just in time. Like the UN has organized their SDGs, these global sustainability issues, into this Web GIS ________. We're building a system which is bottom-up and _______ by country, that allows all the SDG reporting to be able to tell the _____, like they did with COVID, what's _________ with the other 290 indicators. Whether it's, you know, women in politics or whether it's loss of _______ or water quality, this is a big deal. So it isn't just organizations anymore. We're starting to see unifiers, integrators of the individual _______ into this system of systems, which I think can talk to the world and transform the world. This is _________ if we are going to ______ to a society that's sustainable.

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  5. essential
  6. systems
  7. world
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Original Text

JD: I think that this big step of Web GIS that we're into right now will happen over the next few years. And it's, in some ways, just in time. Like the UN has organized their SDGs, these global sustainability issues, into this Web GIS platform. We're building a system which is bottom-up and country by country, that allows all the SDG reporting to be able to tell the world, like they did with COVID, what's happening with the other 290 indicators. Whether it's, you know, women in politics or whether it's loss of forests or water quality, this is a big deal. So it isn't just organizations anymore. We're starting to see unifiers, integrators of the individual systems into this system of systems, which I think can talk to the world and transform the world. This is essential if we are going to evolve to a society that's sustainable.

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