I have been thinking a lot about Napster,Morpheus,and these other file sharing and peer to peer programs. They are organic. They are like a web of interconnected friends who link up to meet each others needs without anyone in charge. Each person filling anothers need. Another meeting the need of another. Isn't this is what church is supposed to be all about? Why have we fallen so short? The Church instead of using the resources of the people of God have sold out. | from Iggy
» Table of Contents: The chapters of Smart Mobs, including summaries of each chapter and weblog entries for that chapter. » Book Summary: A summary of the book » Reviews and Articles: Links to outside evaluations of the book. » Appearance Schedule: See Howard Rheingold in your area discussing the book and it's implications. » Bibliography: Information about further reading of the information used in the creation of Smart Mobs.
"After stewing in the juices of virtual community and watching the emergence of various social networks over the last decade, Howard Rheingold thought hard about what he was seeing and came up with the concept of the smart mob. "Smart mobs emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation. The impacts of smart mob technology already appear to be both beneficial and destructive..." Howard sees a revolution and a rich field for innovation in the proliferation of digital technologies and the rapid free flow of information, but entrenched interests are trying to constrain new technologies in order to protect their interests. " comment []
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