Iran

Twitter: awakening the world mind pt 3: world oneness day

It's been a hectic month. I feel almost guilty saying that. Call it survivor's guilt. The revolution has not gone well for the people of Iran, yet they remain an inspiration for us all, and they do not give up. Their change will come. It is plainly inevitable. The old guard is senile and has lost its moral authority, and the rest is in the numbers. Over two-thirds of the population is under 30 and well educated (with a near 100% literacy rate). Such numbers do not bode well for any group ...

Twitter: awakening the world mind pt 2: struggle within the Iranian elite

It was never my intent to turn this into a political blog, but clearly the Twitterverse, this extension of our consciousness, this recent manifestation of the world mind, seems to have in its own way decided otherwise. All hell broke loose on Twitter Saturday with posts coming in from Tehran and elsewhere describing street demonstrations and the rumors of rumors of where or what the security forces were up to and who could be trusted and whether the next day's demonstration at Azadi Square w...