Smart Mobs

"Smart Mobs" was a very interesting excerpt because things like this are happening today. People are using techonology more than ever to overthrow governments, or to get their beliefs across to a vast majority of people. Social networks like twitter and facebook do what was described in "Smart Mobs." People would use cell phones and text messaging to spread the word of the people. Cell phone and social networking sites are now able to get a huge group of people together in a short amount of time. This can be very difficult to regulate, but this sort of thing happened with the revolts in Egypt. The Egypt government had to stop access to these social networking sites because people were able to get together and organize too easily. Technology as it grows will become our worst own enemy because as it provides us with so many wonderful things, people will still be able to use it for evil. By using social networks and cell phones to connect and interact, people are able to get their ideas down in one big place. The good thing for the government though is that if they are looking for leaders of these groups, they can always just refer back to the social networking agent that was used. The records will always be there and it will be easier to find the people who are organizing these things. The goups formed will get people together quicker, but it can also backfire because nothing will be private. Officials will be able to find out where the people plan on going, what they are doing, and who is involved. This makes it very easy for the govrnment to prepare for a protest. The number will be greater because of the way word is able to spread, but the govrnment will be more ready for when these sort of things to happen.