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Some Arguments Against Cyber-Utopianism, Neatly Illustrated

Evgeny Morozov delivers his fierce critique of "the Idea that Facebook Will Liberate the World":http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/07/facebook-twitter-revolutionaries-cyber-utopians in this animated RSA clip. During Iran's 'Twitter...

Evgeny Morozov delivers his fierce critique of the Idea that Facebook Will Liberate the World in this animated RSA clip. During Iran’s ‘Twitter revolution,’ he points out, fewer than 20,000 Twitter users actually took part. Which, if you think about it, is not too shabby – and that was way back in 2009. In any case, without a workaround, none of my friends in China (or in Iran, Libya, Tunisia, and Turkmenistan) will be able to see this video.

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