In this new RSAnimate adapted from a talk at the RSA, author and journalist Evgeny Morozov presents an alternative take on 'cyber-utopianism' - the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely empancipatory role in global politics.
In this new RSAnimate adapted from a talk at the RSA, author and journalist Evgeny Morozov presents an alternative take on 'cyber-utopianism' - the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely empancipatory role in global politics.
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You can download the final prints from our external animator's website - www.cognitivemedia.org.uk
How can we get the final full infographic style image? that would be interesting...
Where are the credits for the animators?
I'm in Egypt and even though there are some good points in here, the Egyptian Revolution was a facebook event with 100K attending that turned into a million! Evgeny makes one wrong assumption that leads him to the wrong conclusion, which is govt's will use the internet to discover and fix problems on a local level/jail people it deems dangerous. At least in Egypt and the greater middle east, this has not happened, and when they jailed people, that was someones brother, son or father. Another imp. point he misses is that youth in these countries don't want small change, they see the region as so much more and understand that a huge fundamental shift is necessary, and that's why you have all these revolutions, it was only a matter of time. Govts can silence and torture people for a while, but when people realize the power eternally rests in them (which social media is helping like never before), they win. Be sure that the internet will continuously reshape the world as the world gets more and more connected, its human nature, people are social and online makes it easier.
excellent work!!!! very informative; I'm a fan! who's the talented hand with the marker?