"The internet is far from done when it comes to changing the world. This is just the beginning. It really comes down to one thing, the empowerment of human beings with unlimited information." These are the words of a poster on Guardian Comment.
The net has some unique features, including the fact once information is online it's near impossible to get it offline.
If false information is put online, it may have some negative impact but the means to negate this is very swift and overwhelming.
Expect data on all the worlds wrong doers, very little they can do about this, enabling peoples formulate effective strategies to fight back.
Powerful software enabling humans to optimize their behavior and crucially spending power to achieve common goals. That is what is going on in the Middle East has happened far earlier than I thought possible, but I was always confident it was going to happen. Be same story in Africa sooner or later. But the mother of all revolutions is when consumers turn on the corporate giants and are empowered to do so in collectives by the power of the net.
No where to hide! Grassing has never been easier in the history of mankind. Before the net, if you wanted to be a whistleblower you had several problems to overcome, including convincing folks powerful enough to do something about it to believe you, and also keeping safe. Now all you need is a laptop, net connection and some concrete evidence. You can do this anonymously fairly easily.
The end of data suppression. By smashing the global media monopoly on what is commonly known, the internet enables any user to be a voice as big as CNN if the data they have to share is important enough.
Loads more than this to come. When you have eventually billions of humans all connected via this powerful medium, when you factor in, though the global media would have us believe something else is true, that the vast majority of these humans are both decent and fair, the overwhelming power to achieve planet changing projects without the need or approval of the elites offers no small amount of hope that we are creeping towards true global meritocrats.
Anywhere globally something exceptionally good, or profitable happens all the data can be beamed across the entire planet enabling others to share and gain.
This is just the beginning of a era that will redefine the meaning of human collaboration, and there's not a darn thing the elites will be able to do about it to shuffle the cards in their own favor first and foremost as has been the case up to this point.
Up till now humanity has never achieved its true potential, as the giant foot of the obscenely rich has slowed down progress in this global economic racket falsely described as capitalism.
The music industry never saw it coming, neither did the film industry, these dictators clearly never saw it coming, and you can bet your bottom dollar nor will the corporate giants wastefully raping this planet for all it's worth.
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Monday, 24 May 2010
Timeblast - online game
Circa Games has launched Timeblast the viral spinoff of their international board game brand About Time® as part of their summer marketing activity.
The viral game is from Circa Games’ creative team led by Michele Rosaus, with script by TV historian Justin Pollard, quiz writer for BBC TV’s QI and the Daily Telegraph, and author of numerous bestselling history books.
Timeblast is being launched through Facebook, Twitter and other social media, bringing the unique qualities of About Time® the board game into the viral space.
Players of the fast-moving and light-hearted quiz try to guess the year of major cultural events in order to win Timecash – which gives them discounts of up to £10 at www.abouttimeboardgames.com.
Taking players through the questions are About Time®’s historical icons Napoleon, Elizabeth I, Cleopatra and Genghis Khan. Each character responds in their own unique style to the answers of the players.
The questions are all exclusive to Timeblast, and will be featured in the upcoming
Friends & Family edition of About Time® board game, due for release later this year.
About Time® Launch Timeblast – The Viral Spin-Off (Contd)
Players can forward the game to friends and challenge them to a Duel, and steal their opponent’s Timecash if they win!
Circa Games’ director Matt Gould said: “We are really proud and excited with the gorgeous quality of the graphics and script of Timeblast. About Time® is a board game, but we want to bring the concept to as many people as possible and Timeblast is a great way to do it.”
Creative director Michele Rosaus said: “The game play is easy and fun, we hope people will enjoy the great graphics, pop cultural questions, amusing commentary from the characters and the exciting Duel mechanism, giving users the chance to win unique discounts on About Time® products.”
Timeblast can be found at www.abouttimeboardgame.com/pages/timeblast
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Notes to Editors
Circa Games publishes About Time® in the UK, About Time® Das Zeit Spiel in Germany and About Time® USA edition (available exclusively through Barnes & Noble).
Web development on Timeblast was by Brighton digital media specialists Generate.
For more information contact Joe Gill on 07748597168 or email info@playabouttime.com
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