Gandhi, to some extent was labouring in obscurity, that is of course irrespective of the millions of other of Indians who followed behind him as he successfully squared off against British Imperialism. Not counting them, he did have comrades the world over and has inspired a linage of peace activists the world over, including Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, Nelson Mandela south Africa, Martin Luther king, Dalai Lama, just to name a few of the heavy hitters! But yes, OK, if you want to say obscurity, I can get on board because, I agree that it was relative obscurity, but that was then.
Now, now, Now we have a different power, more power, to wage peace on a global stage.
I propose, to reflect that change in agency, we must change our discourse, even Thomas Freedman presents the core-periphery, no longer describes the real “global structure". I suggest something like high speed-low speed, or broad band-dial up (any catchy ideas welcome). New obscurity is not locational but positional, and how an individual/organization/initiative integrates with new media determines there success /failure.
In our generation NGOs will champion crowd sourcing, solar power computers, CONNECTION!
The discussion of the power that I.T. has, and the opportunities that it can provide for connection. We need to focus less on the opportunity and we must live out our responsibility and Wage Peace! When will our generation generate its Ghandi, where is our MLK jr. and what will her twitter name be?
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