2011/11/02

Revolutions on the Internet (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)

Revolutions on the Internet (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)

Aaron Swartz makes a good point about approaching the "does the Internet help?" debate from a social science perspective.
"Jon Elster has a four-phase theory of revolutions:
  1. A hard-core of committed activists get together to do something completely crazy.

  2. The regime cracks down, attracting people who are sympathetic to the cause to rally to the support of the crazy ones...."

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