Sunday, October 30, 2011

CRITICAL MASSES

Hegemonizing is out.
Homogonizing is in.


This World is not only flatter…it’s smaller and faster.
The great central processing unit in the cloud connects our planet-wide-party-line at the speed of light; a light that sanitizes dark alleys and ugly secrets.
This Twiterized, iphone era transforms everywhere into anywhere.
We are becoming one big chatty neighborhood.
Awaiting the call to arms, we, the Minutemen, can be informed in seconds.
We are the newtrinos!
Ideas no longer marinate while the good word spreads.
Pony express.
Telegrams.
Newspapers.
Even viruses…all too slow.
Tunisia is seconds away.
The Rashomon of Wall Street is instant.
A movement needs no debate or consideration.
It just happens.

A flash mob is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and sometimes seemingly pointless act for a brief time, and then disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, or artistic expression.


A flash rob is a criminal twist on a flash mob – instead of congregating to sing songs or hold political protests, flash robs are organized to rob a store in a quick and sometimes large lightning raid.

11 comments:

Sim said...

In a FLASH, a TV commercial is pulled and criticized before I even got to see it. Three-G isn't fast enough... gotta have Four-G. Even words r 2 slow. B4 u no it, we'll b goin' back n time.
Marinate an idea, smell the roses.... never gonna happen!

Ancient Rocker said...

Marinating most foods releases and creates new flavors. Percolating an idea gives times for vetting and likely improving it. I fear that fash life will as unstable as a chemistry experiment gone wrong.
The best ideas develop as more voices are heard and most importantly considered so that cooler heads can prevail.

Ancient Rocker said...

sorry Flash life... See what happens when one writes in a flash???

quicksand said...

SIM,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRIGHT/FUNNY ENTRY.
WE ARE LIVING THE MICROWAVE LIFE.
EVERYTHING IS "BLINK."
SOCIAL/POLITICAL MOVEMENTS ARE BECOMING LIKE SPEED DATING...
BLIND DATES....
AND WE ALL KNOW HOW SOME DATES END.

quicksand said...

ROCKER...AS WE REJOYCE IN THE REVOLUTIONS IN EGYPT, LYBIA AND THE REST...WE MAY WANT TO REFRAIN FROM PUTTING ON OUR PARTY HATS...JUST YET.

rthgrl said...

I believe this micro speed will all come to a head and result in an abrupt crash...turning us around to a simpler life. A style of living that brings us back, but also hurtles us forward to a new time in evolution. It's coming down the pike soon, and about time.
We have reached a peak, the Earth and the people who dwell on it are asking for change...so it comes.
And, no, I'm not wearing a tinfoil hat, haha.

quicksand said...

rthgrl,

All this, on the day earth hits 7,000,000,000 people.

ben's friend said...

Remember Evelyn Wood and her "speed reading?" Perhaps that was the precursor to "fast food," and "fast sex."

quicksand said...

Sim,
A friend told me that she called her daughters to let them know that their brother had become engaged to be married. She was disappointed to discover that they got the news on Facebook first.

Nothing wrong with speed. But it does eliminate some of the thinking opportunities. And, when it comes to movements, the speed could go in the direction of good or not-so-good. The civil rights movement was not a flash mob. It took process. It took steps.
Where will egypt be in a few years?
We shall see.

Chris b. said...

I........hope........reading.......this.........can..........slow.......your........day......just..........a..........little........bit...........

quicksand said...

Rascal...

Anyway...it's about speed times content squared.