Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history

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1. beebobox  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

   person who created that map of the internet, had seen a picture of the universe ?

   

2. zappyhod  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

   Anyone ever seen that picture of the universe??…Intresting how that internet color painting resembles it… Don’t you think?

   

3. dmix09  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

   wow

   

4. JustinHSabaj  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

   yes. sounds like him a bit, too.

   

5. ferris5150  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

   great talk, loved it! does anyone think that he lookes like tom hanks if he had hair?

   

6. drchaffee  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

   The whole point of the story was that he didn’t (and couldn’t) ignore the opposition. He had to reconsider, and explain himself. No president is going to perfectly reflect the will of the people on every issue. If every issue could be voted on directly by the people, it would be am uncoordinated mess. The result, in my opinion, is a compromise and not a sinister repression. Not looking to argue, just my opinion.

   

7. marqujud  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

   all your knowledge will be outdated if you get to be old. that’s how it seems to work.

   

8. marqujud  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

   dont loose your pride. be proud of all those in China who challenge their government for the betterment of their people .

   

9. marqujud  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

   not only that, but computers are used to track us now, habits, likes,age,hobbies computers generate individual specific advertisement in seconds. i guess this is where all our private information that we so freely inform comes into play.

   

10. marqujud  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    i did sense that too, but i dont have time to put such a nice lecture together. im glad he did it, i was looking for one. esplain to me mr. bald head man what it all means..haha

    

11. marqujud  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    interesting how he explains that Obama nicely ignores the people’s opposition. Its like sure have free speech, but we’ll ignore you anyway. typing words, sending letters of opposition will only do so much, if the government doesnt act on these voices, then its repressive, no matter how much we speak out.

    

12. anonsparrow1  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    not bad

    

13. gamepro94z  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    wow this is amazing information i never thought of the media in this way before the people now have more of a say in what goes on and we cant be controlled and its just started!!! our future is going to be amazing and for the good. we can save our Earth with this now we don’t have a master that tells use what to do.

    

14. fornow100000  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    well… i wish it were the truth. unfortunetly reality is a bit diffrent. they can declare you enemy if they want to. fabricate evidence if they want you. you gave them the right to hear you see you and now give them your DNA. don’t you think that the big brother has too much information? goverments are not gods. they are evil and intrest driven people behind it. wake up before its 2 late. i invite you to watch my ‘favorities’ . Perhaps u ll understand what i mean. dont take ur freedom4granted!

    

15. NearlyShaoKahn  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    This is great, 13:00 it’s like a hivemind. This really is history in the making.

    

16. DuMyth  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    Its a compromise, but then again, as long as i am legitimate in all my actions, the law cannot harm me because i do not represent any threat to the society i live in. Therefore, i do not suffer for being spied or having my conversations listened, though i do take advantage of having available the largest database in human history: internet.

    

17. hell0kittylover  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    no lie!! LOL

    

18. Animalll2003lll  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    true but maybe it’s better like that anyways. I don’t know. very good remark.

    

19. godraisty  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    Your statements are rather naive.
    Because he sent out a memo, and stuck with his plan makes him a good leader.
    If you didn’t know, just because many people think something, doesn’t make it right or true. Watch the movie Swing vote. It’s an interesting look at how leaders who “follow the will of their constituents” isn’t a good idea.

    

20. fornow100000  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    this is really great. POWER to the PEOPLE but again this is a double edged sword. it can limit you very much (ex locate you, spy on you, listen to your conversations etc. Nonetheless I think the average citizen today can learn a lot more than before

    

21. nomuffin4u  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    bald Tom Hanks?

    

22. BaileysBeads  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    Indeed, so not just those that happen to be part of his little internet forum.

    

23. pro7o7ype  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    Because he sent out a memo that’s supposed to be taken as a great achievement?

    I just had this silly notion that in a democracy, leaders policies represented the will of their constituents.

    

24. BaileysBeads  |  June 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm #

    Not really, it means he listened to them but wasn’t directly influenced by them.

    His community is not some kind of lobby-group after all.

    

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