Andrew Flood looks at Paul Mason's recently published book 'Why its kicking off everywhere' and in particular what Mason has to say about the internet and the emergance of the 'Networked Individual'. The recording is of a WSM supporters meeting in Dublin and the 20 minute presentation is followed by 30 minutes of discussion on the ideas outlined, roughly as summarised below.

The talk was part of the preparation for an 18,000 word review & discussion of 'Why its kicking off everywhere'.

technological determinism

post autonomist influence

door knocking & the spread of the internet

the need for coherent organisation in advance of the kick off

counter hegemony

people know how nasty capitalism is - how do we get them to act rather than just share

who are the educated youth

technology as enabler

the contrast with how it used to be in

technology & a sense of power in Egypt

the downsides of email - using it dominate

the danger of people being consumers

Like'ing rather than acting

trying stuff in the real world to learn skills

the effects of 20 years of passivity

spreading of bad information

leaking internal information

does he have a magic solution?



You can also download the MP3 file from the internet archive

The recording was made at the monthly WSM supporters meeting