Since beginning of 2011, countries in Middle East have been facing public uprising. It started in Tunisia and spread across the countries in North African continent. The impact is felt across the South Eastern Europe too. I have been hearing mostly about the events happening in Egypt. It could be because of US media’s obsession with Egypt or because the uprising has been active (sans resolution) for over 4 weeks now.
Every revolt in the history has had a face to it, which in a way has defined the course of the revolt. The recent events in my opinion, are more a result of people coming together to express their opinions to their Government/Authority. This lack of a face to the revolt made it difficult for some opinionators to understand and explain it. There were a few who thought Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, the man behind Facebook, was the leader of this revolution.
Though people used social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to organize, Twitter did not have a popular face behind it. Hence did not make the cut. Facebook has been in news for enough reasons and the recent movie about the website and the man behind it, did no harm to Mr. Mark Zuckerberg’s news value.
In an interview to CNN, Google executive in Egypt, Mr. Wael Ghonim labeled the revolution happening in Egypt as Revolution 2.0. The reason being the role technology has played in this revolution.
I am not here to argue who is right and who is wrong. Nor do I know whether uprising is just or not. I do not live there so I do not know what is good for the people in those countries. People who live there know what is best for them.
I do not know what will be the outcome of these revolts and I do not want to speculate. Neither do I know if Facebook was the idea of Mr. Mark Zuckerberg or was it stolen by him from Winkelvoss twins. I know for sure that these social networking sites are becoming an integral part of our everyday life.
I see these social networking sites as tools that shrink the geographical distance between people. This function can be used for whatever purpose the user deems fit. These networking sites have definitely had a positive impact in my life. I have got in touch with long lost friends, shared moments with friends who live miles away from me.
These social networking websites - neither are they the reason why this world is a better place nor are they the reasons why this world has deteriorated to chaos. Whatever happens in our life and in our world is a direct result of our actions.
Let’s make this a better place!
Every revolt in the history has had a face to it, which in a way has defined the course of the revolt. The recent events in my opinion, are more a result of people coming together to express their opinions to their Government/Authority. This lack of a face to the revolt made it difficult for some opinionators to understand and explain it. There were a few who thought Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, the man behind Facebook, was the leader of this revolution.
Though people used social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to organize, Twitter did not have a popular face behind it. Hence did not make the cut. Facebook has been in news for enough reasons and the recent movie about the website and the man behind it, did no harm to Mr. Mark Zuckerberg’s news value.
In an interview to CNN, Google executive in Egypt, Mr. Wael Ghonim labeled the revolution happening in Egypt as Revolution 2.0. The reason being the role technology has played in this revolution.
I am not here to argue who is right and who is wrong. Nor do I know whether uprising is just or not. I do not live there so I do not know what is good for the people in those countries. People who live there know what is best for them.
I do not know what will be the outcome of these revolts and I do not want to speculate. Neither do I know if Facebook was the idea of Mr. Mark Zuckerberg or was it stolen by him from Winkelvoss twins. I know for sure that these social networking sites are becoming an integral part of our everyday life.
I see these social networking sites as tools that shrink the geographical distance between people. This function can be used for whatever purpose the user deems fit. These networking sites have definitely had a positive impact in my life. I have got in touch with long lost friends, shared moments with friends who live miles away from me.
These social networking websites - neither are they the reason why this world is a better place nor are they the reasons why this world has deteriorated to chaos. Whatever happens in our life and in our world is a direct result of our actions.
Let’s make this a better place!
Thanks for the updates Shiva.. Except for Pursuit of happyness, I have seen the rest.. it's just that I missed writing them as I missed to write about City of God (Cidade de Deus (original title)).. I will update them in some other future post.. Happy Blogging..
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