I hate to ask this...
How long until the first genocide directed by text messages and MoSoSo?
I was just looking at the distribution lists option in my cell phone. Never used it, I won't even cc emails to people, unless it is just to ensure that a third party has a copy. One of those things about the alienating nature of efficiency.
Don't get me wrong, I like this technology. I have been reading news/opinion blogs for a number of years now. Things cut both ways. It doesn't help me sleep better knowing that MoveOn has been successful with the internet, when, unfortunately, white supremacist also use the tool to recruit successfully. The reason to be here is to be better at it than them.
Any ideas?
I was just looking at the distribution lists option in my cell phone. Never used it, I won't even cc emails to people, unless it is just to ensure that a third party has a copy. One of those things about the alienating nature of efficiency.
Don't get me wrong, I like this technology. I have been reading news/opinion blogs for a number of years now. Things cut both ways. It doesn't help me sleep better knowing that MoveOn has been successful with the internet, when, unfortunately, white supremacist also use the tool to recruit successfully. The reason to be here is to be better at it than them.
Any ideas?
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Don't forget the terrorists. Al Qaeda has been effectively using the internet as a communication tool for years. There is no doubt that anytime a technology is developed to make it easier to do good things, it also makes it easier to do bad. However, Al Qaeda will do their thing regardless of new technology, just as Rwanda was perpetrated without MoSoSo. You are right that what we have to do is make sure that the people out there who do good are using the technology more productively then those who are doing evil (my apologies to all the democrats, like me, who can't stand the words good, evil or terrorist anymore).
As for ideas...I'm not sure there is much we can do except for stay vigilant and do our part to bring attention to things like Rwanda as they occur (cliche meter: 6 out of 10).
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