Joho the Blog
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March 17, 2003
Jack Bury, a 20-year old poet, is co-creator of a Microsoft IE add-in called Eyebees. If you join a "swarm" - people interested in the same topic - the add-in shows you the movement of all other swarm members as they go from site to site. Click on one of the dots representing a swarm member and you are taken to whatever site they're visiting. It's a visceral visual experience. To join the peace swarm, download the Eyebees software from www.eyebees.com and join the "Eyebees March on Washington" swarm (under the category of "The Rally") at Eyebees.com. Jack is suggesting that Friday at noon EST might be a good time to flock together for peace. This software is way new. There have been a handful of downloads so far. So if you don't see anyone in the Peace Swarm, check back later. Writes Jack: "The enveloping presence of thousands of minds, tracing across the Internet Sky in strange union - hissing and livid and one in censure of war - would be a conspicuous, awe-inspiring sight of this next social revolution taking firm hold." John has told Doc that he plans to open source Eyebees. Good move. That's the only way to get an idea like this off the ground. Posted
by D. Weinberger at March 17, 2003 07:39 PM
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I love the subversiveness of this idea. I'm not sure how these "soft" protests serve to do much, however, except to reinforce to the converted their own positions. Is this ultimately helpful in preventing a war, or ending it sooner? Not in and of itself, so I guess the answer is that it's part of a movement and that people and movements have power and strength.
Remarkable to read, then, that one of the founders of the UN has managed to put a positive spin on the whole situation, calling our current efforts to discuss the moral/political basis of the impending war "Waging Peace".
I've linked it in my blog at http://durersrhino.blogspot.com/. I'm new at this, so please excuse it's relative inelegance!
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