The Revolution will not be televised
[in tribute to MLK day...yesterday] [tshirt by the revolutionary factoryjoe here]

The revolution will not be 'delivered' by anyone
The revolution will not be fashionably irreverant
The revolution will not be buzzword compliant
The revolution will not have a hot, new reality show
The revolution will not star Paris Hilton, Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie
The revolution will not have a red tag event
The revolution will not love the skin you're in, but it will weed out those that don't
The revolution will not require a credit check
The revolution will not allow you to chose the colour, model or package with a low monthly lease payment
The revolution will not be brought to you by Microsoft, Google or AOL
The revolution will not be an on again off again romance for the tabloids
The revolution will not promise better sex, bigger orgasms or harder erections
The revolution will not be accompanied by warnings, NDAs or End User Agreements
The revolution will not be limited to play on one, two, three or any number of machines
The revolution will not be owned by anyone
The revolution will not care if you are a size four or fourteen or twenty four
The revolution will not cost you more if you want broadband
The revolution will not call you a consumer, user or statistic
The revolution will not tolerate bad service, lies or false advertising
The revolution will take to the streets and be blogged, podcasted, vlogged, mashed up and hacked
The revolution will not be televised
The revolution will be live
Thanks to Joseph Jaffe for re-publishing Gil Scott-Heron's lyrics...;)
technorati tags: revolution, gilscottheron, mlk, martinlutherkingjr, rockon




1 Comments:
Yes. Yes. Live.
As Lee Felsenstein of the Homebrew Computer Club related from his conversations with Doug Engelbart last night, the problem with computer mediated collaboration is that the computer does not convey the "Prahna" - or rather the breath that is within each of us and makes us 'live'.
So in order for the computer to work towards collaboration for any cause, it must be used to extend and enhance the primary human connections we create when we are live, in the same space, face to face...
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