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Guerrilla Social Media Ops from Tahrir Square (click for picture credits) I previously wrote about  the role of social media in empowering tangible political and social action, citing social movements in Egypt and Iran that seemed to be driven,...

This morning, while in my car moving at snail's pace in Cairo traffic, I realized that sometimes the lack of options is good thing. My inner monologue went something like this: "Should I listen to the playlist I spent an hour selecting songs for on my...

Image source The ancient alchemists sought means by which common metals could be turned into precious ones. They drew upon the primordial forms of modern chemistry, devised ingenious but questionable apparatuses, and used some magic. No evidence...

How many times did you hear someone talk or read what someone wrote about the need for "tangible, positive change", or something along those lines? I am not talking about "radical" or "revolutionary" change. I don't mean the type of change that we...

(This is one of my many brain dumps, intended to connect the dots between things in my own mind. Today's brain dump is on environmentalism, economics and ethics) It might be already obvious: The problem with most environmentalist movements is that the...

"But there was something inhuman about living inside a cocoon of tinted glass and stainless steel, air-conditioned, carpeted, stereophonic tape-decked, power optioned, isolated. It thwarted some deep human need to congregate , to be together, to see and...