So, everyone is Time's person of the year. More specifically those who are driving the information age. This is huge. I mean, for those of you who've been tongue-in-cheekishly claiming that you are 'waiting for the revolution, this is it.
Consider for a moment the great social, economic and political changes brought about by the invention of the printing press, the radio and the television. Now given the relatively small number of people who had access to those - for example, only the literate (a relatively small number until the last century) could really take advantage of the printing press, yet it was responsible for the reformation and, for all intents and purposes, the end of European monarchy, not to mention the birth of communism.
Think of how few people actually got to broadcast, and control editorial content in television and radio. Now consider what happens when that power is in the hands of millions, even tens and hundreds of millions. Times 'Person of the Year' designation only marks the beginning of the revolution and now that it's here...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
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