There has always been social unrest in the world. Is it different this time round? I think the human factor in the events we're witnessing goes beyond the political and the economic; it's about changes in behaviour and in the relationships between networks of people and hierarchies of power. Much has been made of the role of Twitter, Facebook and the like. What's your take?Digital communications and social networks are the two big things facilitating revolutions and uprisings. I don't say they've caused them, any more than the printing press caused the English revolution of the 17th century. People starting these revolutions are often insulted by suggestions that Facebook and Twitter have anything to do with it, but they do.
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