Twitter is simply ingenious. It's a brilliant challenge. Art of synthesis and efficacy in 140 characters. Who's gonna be retweeted? (132 characters used and 8 left).
If there's one thing that really impresses me about Twitter, It is the micro-blogging feature.
I think that Twitter's main strength is that being concise has never been so hip.
I am personally a big fan of effective sentences and the smart use of words. Brevity is a real gift and, even if we are not really used to it, it has a really important impact on people's minds.
Short sentences and tinyurl links make you think ahead. In some ways, reading tweets makes you way more curious and interactive than reading specialist's essays and editorials. This probably happens because tweets make you need to create your OWN ideas by using all the linked facilities provided by Twitter and in general by the social media environment.
Tweets consumption implies production. That doesn't automatically happen with other ideas sources.
140 characters are the need that energizes and stimulates the production of ideas.
2 comments:
I agree that change needs to come from the inside, and that the US shouldn't force democracy on countries. But when specifically should the US become involved? Isn't it right for us to assist the pro-democracy rebels with military aide? You said "once the protests have succeeded", but what if they aren't going to without military assistance. For example, in Libya should the US intervene militarily on behalf of the rebels, or would that be overstepping it.
It is a controversial issue. The International Community, and the US as part of it, should just act and intervene through the UN because otherwise sovereignty of states like Lybia would be unlawfully unobserved. I don't think that we can name rebels as "pro-democracy", they are fighting against a regime and starting a self-determination process. It doesn't necessarily mean that they are aiming to establish democracy in Lybia. This is just the beginning.I speak about Democracy because I firmly believe that it is the present fairest form of government, but I also think that it has to be reached at the end of a "natural" process. We, as International Community, should just guarantee that the International Law and Human Rights are observed, promote mediation and, why not, try to discourage the "popular" idea of war as the continuation of politics (Clausewitz). International Relations are a complex field, there are so many contrasting reasons to explain what is going on. Think about the different behaviour that the US and the International Community have with Lybia and Syria. Is it just the different entity of violence? I believe that a lot of people just really want to get rid of a DESTABILIZING individual like Gaddafi. Syria is a completely different thing. In the first days of class we talked about Democracy and Stability, what is most important for the International Relations? I have some clues...REALPOLITIK? Why not.
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