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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Howard and FIS colleagues,</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">(I think your interesting response
below did not enter into the list--other parties should read it
before these lines).</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Curiously you do not develop there the
"yes" side of your reasoning regarding the role of Internet &
mobiles.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">It is unfulfilled expectations the main
factor? Maybe, but only partially, for they have to be accompanied
by deep social crisis, by efficient means of communication, and by
a modicum of rebel organization. Otherwise the revolts do not
ignite or do not conduce to anything. In 1848 there was a radical
capitalist transformation and the beginning of the proletarian
insurrection. Mass migrations to city slums, lots of poverty
coupled to ancient regime constraints, with plenty of pamphlets
and newspapers of all kinds circulating, and new organizations of
both bourgeois and proletarian orientation. Previously, both the
scientific revolution and the political revolution had been
shaking the world, both the brainchild of the printing press... </div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">So, I much emphasize "means of
communication" (in Iran 1979 it was not books but clandestine
cassettes circulating among Mosques). These means represent the
"plus" without which revolts cannot ignite or propagate. Therefore
the fight to tip the balance between information/disinformation in
the own benefit, by both defenders and contenders, is essential to
frame the resulting expectations and frustrations. What Joseph and
Terry have just argued. He who establishes the "truth" of the
masses wins.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">And in our times it is the new media
which are bringing an unexpected, never seen panorama of global
connectivity, irreflexive mentality, and internecine division
within societies, coupled with the diminished, frustrated
expectations of large fractions of Western population (middle
class, proletarians) right in front of the new mega-rich. This
felt inequality and a sense of immediate ecological catastrophe,
and aired gender grievances, are igniting today's well connected
masses... towards? Who knows. This may be connected with Diego's
and Karl's reflections. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Best--Pedro <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">11/2019 a las 2:24, Howard Bloom
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<div>pedro, thanks for this.</div>
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we are in a time of paradox. with street demonstrations in Asia,
the Middle East, Europe, and South America.
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<div>do these depend on the internet? yes and no. remember, in
1848 there were roughly 57 revolutions worldwide, and there
was no internet. even though there was the telegraph.<br>
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<div>remember the j curve. when expectations are raised, then
not met, we have revolt in the streets.</div>
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<div>ironically, it's good times that raise expectations. so
good times crimped by a momentary downturn can lead to
street demonstrations. it happened in france in 1788 when
bread prices went up. and it happened in iran in 1979.</div>
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<div>frankly, we need a theory of expectations, a theory of
the role that future projection plays in our lives, in our
biology...and in the forces of history.</div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">with warmth and
oomph--howard</span><br>
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