Pekka Himanen's report review
Pekka Himanen's report had been specially written to Finish parliament. One of its roles was to reform the "Finish model" and make a difference in it. However, the economy becomes more and more global, so most of the statements are related to change the world´s economical politics. "The global development of the information society has reached a phase that requires new actions from us all."
In his report, three models are described. These models have remained successful in the economy: the “Silicon Valley model”, the “Singapore model” and the “Finnish model” of US, China, and EU respectively. All of them are not ideal, have a lot of drawbacks without positive final results. Therefore, Pekka Himanen suggests reforming "Finish model" and write new scenario based on the importance of implementing fair-society values. In addition, he writes about the four keys of the new social developing concept: 1. A creative economy 2. A creative welfare society 3. Humanly meaningful development 4. A global culture.
From my point of view, still, plenty of statements as "people have equal opportunities to realize their potential and are protected against the random misfortunes of life" seems utopian. On the other hand, the pursuit of the ideal must be endless, and nowadays our world is trying to achieve it. The world is becoming more globalized: the concept of "patriotism" is dying among the youngsters, who strive to be cosmopolitan. Unfortunately, new times showed the black side of globalization: migration problems. To my mind, the current society is too focused on tolerance, that, it seems the future will have problems with reverse-racism, more that with actual racism.
I consider that social behavior is too unpredictable to develop like Himanen's concept. Many unexpected obstacles await us and maybe that idealistic concept will change in the future. But right now, it seems the most convenient society's developing model
