Through out history, science and technology create alternate solutions to dilemmas like this. I think that people need to put their vanishing faith and pocket books into education and technology.
Feb 16 2011: Social Media is doing a few things for Egypt:
-Speeding up the transfer of information.
-Boosting the credibility of the events world wide.
-Challenging the philanthropists
Aside from all of the other many ways Social Media can help-- here are three things that I believe are worth dwelling on and maybe you hadn't thought of yet?
-The faster the xfer of info, the more attention the crisis demands.
-Filtering the credibility of the media is something everyone should do. Filtering a first hand account, well, take it with a grain of salt, but you can hardly call that filtering. Social media isn't JUST another tool. It is a free way for anyone who can get an internet signal to catch your attention. Free for me to look and see the Free video of the riot shot from a cell phone
-Philanthropy is such a over-saturated word, but I believe that if we can challenge the people with the ability to do something about it, we can watch development happen even faster. I'm a poor college student! I couldn't spare enough money to even put a dent in making a difference!! However, in the drop of a hat, 1% of Donald Trump's estate could rebuild countless homes in egypt. (is donald trump a philanthropist?)
These are just ideas, and i'm interested to see what people think.
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Through out history, science and technology create alternate solutions to dilemmas like this. I think that people need to put their vanishing faith and pocket books into education and technology.
A comment on Conversation: To what extent has social media contributed to the spreading of the People's revolutions and call for Freedom in Tunisia & Egypt?
-Speeding up the transfer of information.
-Boosting the credibility of the events world wide.
-Challenging the philanthropists
Aside from all of the other many ways Social Media can help-- here are three things that I believe are worth dwelling on and maybe you hadn't thought of yet?
-The faster the xfer of info, the more attention the crisis demands.
-Filtering the credibility of the media is something everyone should do. Filtering a first hand account, well, take it with a grain of salt, but you can hardly call that filtering. Social media isn't JUST another tool. It is a free way for anyone who can get an internet signal to catch your attention. Free for me to look and see the Free video of the riot shot from a cell phone
-Philanthropy is such a over-saturated word, but I believe that if we can challenge the people with the ability to do something about it, we can watch development happen even faster. I'm a poor college student! I couldn't spare enough money to even put a dent in making a difference!! However, in the drop of a hat, 1% of Donald Trump's estate could rebuild countless homes in egypt. (is donald trump a philanthropist?)
These are just ideas, and i'm interested to see what people think.