Evidence from: 5th December seminar: Oxford Martin School “Now for the long term” Lord Martin Rees and Sir John Beddington spoke around facts and projections contained in a publication of the same title. http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/commission/Oxford_Martin_Now_for_the_Long_Term.pdf Rees Having looked at the state of play and the academic projections out to 2050, Rees espoused the following ideas. Global solutions are needed [but perhaps instituted by new bodies, not just the UN], Equality is the main solution, anything which should add to sustainability must be good, whatever we do now should not in effect be paid for by our great grandchildren. Besides the political inputs he also noted that it is the developed world that is most vulnerable to a sudden loss of capacity in IT. He thought that investment in resilience measures would be justifiable. He suggested some sort of global watchdog that could help protect the more dependent. Beddington By 2050 in Asia

Evidence from: Sir Mark Walport, speaking at the Oxford Martin School. 3rd December 2013. The focus was on privacy and personal identity. One argument was that out of all the information we have control of we choose exactly what and how much we disclose in a given situation. Given that selectivity is not a fundamental problem, should we complain when governments and companies choose what information they wish to represent each of us by? Should we complain when they choose to cross check what we tell them using independent sources? The idea that we are in command of the representation we go by is a fragile one. It was pointed out that not sharing information could present risks to an individual. Obsessive secrecy is not the optimum, complete openness is not the optimum. Somehow a balance must be struck; each case to be judged on its merits. practical problems: Consent to data sharing in exchange for access to services is now a common practice. Does the person really consent or is there