The Technological Revolution Takes on New Meaning

The phrase technological revolution usually refers to the rapid availability of new technological resources. Now it has a new meaning.

First, the "twitter revolution" in Tunisia, where instant availability of cell-phone and internet connections made overthrow of the government possible. Today Egypt has followed.  Again, protesters in Egypt have been able to use such technology to fuel an impossible revolution (Funny thing, when I first typed that r-word, I typed evolution instead).I sit here in the calm of a Midwestern winter and get second by second updates of what is happening via on-line tweets from Egypt and other places around the world.

And Egyptian government's efforts to control the people in the street by shutting down the internet backfired - with corporations and investors dependent on access to the internet.

Along with so many others I wait. And watch. And hope.

Transparency taken to new levels.