ARC 597 | On Speed Situated Technologies Intellectual Domain Seminar, Fall 2014

While was reading Fuller, I found it complicated. However after reading Rheingold’s, Fuller started to surface. Mob psychology and awareness act in a completely different way. It takes time but when it takes place the force is enormous. Transportation, communication became so fast that the impact of mob awareness is becoming more and more powerful.I can spot some circumstances in a remote country like Bangladesh. In last few years I have noticed several mass activities conducted by social media and communication. In 2012 one garments building collapsed to concrete sandwich.It was common people ( construction workers mostly) came forward to rescue. Not the Government. This rescue activity was encouraged by chain sms and Facebook events. the communication technology and smart devices combined the mass power.In 2013 all the young people in Dhaka gathered in a certain place in demand of justice for war criminals of Bangladesh in 1971. This movement too occurred through Facebook posts and tweeter. From that moment on a cyber war broke out in Dhaka among the Islamic orthodox and young people.This communication power segmented that same mob that stood together in the previous occurrence. I liked the way Rheingold ended with some questions to be answered.