"Tipping Point"
King of Fools points out an article that demonstrates one of those moments when it can be seen that everything is different:In every evolutionary wave there is an event called the "tipping point." A place in time and space where "what once was" becomes "that which will fade," and "that which will be" arises and never looks back."
The author describes the inadequacy of the coverage and information dispersal of the "old media" about the SoCal fires and the response of residents utilizing the 'Net and blogs.
But today seems different. While the old media carried the most inane bits of rehashed garbage over and over - California burned. Anxious families turned to the only news happening in real time. The internet. Pseudonymed posters transposed scanner traffic to text, others followed law enforcement and fire fighter traffic to post the mind-numbing explosions of fires and evacuations. ...As the number of homes burning rose the frustration and anger at lack of coverage grew. Eyewitness were giving reports from their porches, digital pictures were being shot and posted. ...Both the scope and the tragedy of the fire was becoming apparent. Not filtered, not edited nor syndicated - just live, real and dramatic. And in the struggle to help ourselves understand the events - things changed. Anonymous posters became neighbors. ...It cannot be undone. It will never be the same. Digital technology, tragedy and anger all formed a confluence one sleepy Sunday - never look back.
Blogs: not just a passing fad . . . UPDATE: Aged and Confused has pictures of how her world is changing. Those pics are worthy of a Pulitzer.
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