Reply #44: There are things we can learn from this, and I hope we do.

[Waiting For Everyman]

And I'm sure some will. That's a start.

It'll never happen here as long as people say it'll never happen here. We may not need revolution, but we do need to change direction. And that IS possible.

The Egyptians thought up some cool techniques, which I for one, have found fascinating. A few of these protesters invented some things to make this happen - they are very entrepreneurial about problem solving. For instance, how to keep going when the internet goes down, how to translate tweets and VM from Arabic to English, in general how to use the technology that exists in a guerrilla grassroots way. Street reporters supplied information when the network journalists left. This was very "man in the street" in the way it was done. They invented additional little ways to empower themselves, and to connect with each other - and used them. And they looked after each other.

These are some smart cookies. And with lots of character and humanity. This "new Egypt" is really quite impressive.