How the Egyptian Youth Movement Really Organized Itself
Hats off to David Kirkpatrick and David Sanger of The New York Times for this tick-tock on how the Egyptian youth revolution actually did organize itself. Much more sophisticated and fact-based (as distinct from theory) than much of the blather about the role of the Internet. Yes, the ability to network certainly helped, and Facebook and the Google marketer played their roles. But more important was the power of ideas and the creation of group discipline. The "Academy of Change" set up by Egyptian expats in Qatar channeling the thoughts about non-violence of an American is a particularly Prevail-ish, bottom-up mind-blower.