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Loading ...God Bless Howard Rheingold. I am proud to personally know a true futurist, over and over again. Back in 2002, Howard wrote Smart Mobs, a book that predicts what is going on online in response to the unrest in Burma. In this case, this is called a Flash Mob. Via Guardian Unlimited & US News and World Report & US News and World Report (again).
“Meanwhile, more than 100,000 people have joined a group supporting the uprising on the popular social networking website Facebook.”
“A ‘Support the Monks’ Protest in Burma’ group, set up on the Internet’s Facebook site, has seen more than 110,000 people join in just nine days, its British organizer, Johnny Chatterton, said.”
“An Internet group backing the monk-led protests in Myanmar has attracted more than 100,000 members in less than 10 days as people around the world try to harness the power of the Web to support the resistance movement.”
Via Guardian Unlimited & US News and World Report & US News and World Report (again)
Filed under: Flash Mobs, Howard Rheingold, Smart Mobs, Social Unrest
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