Entrepreneur, author, analyst. CTV They go by the name Black Bloc, but even the masked, black-clad protesters who trashed store windows during an anti-Olympic march on the weekend wouldn’t call themselves an organization. Structure? None. With no structure and no purported leaders, they’re maddeningly hard for authorities to pin down. They may belong to other groups or none [...]
SingularityHub describes the potential of Twitter to direct the actions of millions (or even billions) of voluntary zombies (a la a flashmob). The idea is interesting, and one I’ve written about before, but Keith Kleiner gets lost in issues of scale. Mass mobilization is unlikely. What is 10x more interesting is what small group ad-hoc [...]
Flash mobs I’d like to see: Cloverfield’s monster-esque sound (an array of subwoofer-enhanced trendy cars should be able to provide this) reverberates through a closed off downtown area (just prior to nightlife taking off). This is immediately followed by a mad 100+ screaming participant mob rush through the sealed off area with furtive looks behind [...]