I guess if someone, anyone, had a compelling enough tune, and created excitement by doing something new or in a new way, possibly change would occur as a result of getting people enthusiastic about thinking or approaching things in a new way (or everyone copies him).

I guess if someone, anyone, had a compelling enough tune, and created excitement by doing something new or in a new way, possibly change would occur as a result of getting people enthusiastic about thinking or approaching things in a new way (or everyone copies him).

Does what we’re doing with the new media (r)evolution qualify? I think it depends on exactly what you feel you’re able to do now that you couldn’t do before. I’m not sure portable media is enabling the marginalized to be heard and inspiring widespread institutional change based upon hard-fought ideals in quite the same way as the American or French revolutions gave power to the people.

Then again, I may be wrong.

Does what we’re doing with the new media (r)evolution qualify? I think it depends on exactly what you feel you’re able to do now that you couldn’t do before. I’m not sure portable media is enabling the marginalized to be heard and inspiring widespread institutional change based upon hard-fought ideals in quite the same way as the American or French revolutions gave power to the people.

Then again, I may be wrong.

I recently read Malcom Gladwell’s book ‘The Tipping Point’ – it spends a long period talking about Paul Revere, and his famous ride. As an Australian we didn’t cover this in school – not surprisingly, I had to look it up to really know what Gladwell was on about.

Revolutions happen becasue of oppression, what if your landscape is one of ho-hum, uniterested middle of the roadness, inoffensive averageness – how do you start a revolution among the uninterested?

I recently read Malcom Gladwell’s book ‘The Tipping Point’ – it spends a long period talking about Paul Revere, and his famous ride. As an Australian we didn’t cover this in school – not surprisingly, I had to look it up to really know what Gladwell was on about.

Revolutions happen becasue of oppression, what if your landscape is one of ho-hum, uniterested middle of the roadness, inoffensive averageness – how do you start a revolution among the uninterested?

As we meet and come together, we are influencing each other’s evolution. Ideas I’ve read on this very blog have altered the course of how I do my own podcast. I probably have done the same thing for someone else, but it’s hard to say. Just like with human evolution, this social networking stuff is going to evolve in its own way. It may not move in a straight line, but it will get us where we need to go.

{I may have to steal back this comment for my podcast}

As we meet and come together, we are influencing each other’s evolution. Ideas I’ve read on this very blog have altered the course of how I do my own podcast. I probably have done the same thing for someone else, but it’s hard to say. Just like with human evolution, this social networking stuff is going to evolve in its own way. It may not move in a straight line, but it will get us where we need to go.

{I may have to steal back this comment for my podcast}