network lightning [action]
human being
human at electronetwork.org
Wed Jul 23 05:39:06 CEST 2003
networkers, this refers to a plan for sending ideas
to various news outlets and such. i came up with
an idea related to this and would like to ask people
on the list to consider participating in such an action,
as an instance of networked, democratic, world action.
this is because the speed and distance and networks
that the information travels in is critical, especially when
trying to spread an essay far and wide, from one e-mail
account that often comes under Denial of Dial-up attacks
when writing certain things (no one has to believe this,
and as far as i know, i've not heard of this described by
anyone else online, but a computer can be disconnected
from the network in real-time, it seems.) thus, one way to
get around this is to get any message out, then have it
spread after this. just information, not a conspiracy theory
or something off-base. basic reasoning of a .US citizen,
saying this because this would trump the Patriot Act.
this approach to a 'mental lightning storm' in that it would
have as many members of a list or network, e-mail other
pre-compiled contacts, gathered over a few days, on and
off- such as newspaper editor's e-mails of daily reading,
government officials, .US and abroad, media outlets and
especially reporters, and websites and blogs and lists
who may pick up the essay and run with it even further.
what this would entail is for each person to have a series
of contacts, all working e-mails, a batch from 5 to 500 and
then, like the web of lightning in the sky, or the patterning
of conscious thought in the brain, a temporary network
of a shared idea would illuminate, become aware of the
same thing, nearly instantaneously, and utilize resources
of the group of individuals to work together, even though
separated in many and diverse ways. such as political
views, say, or what to do about such information. and,
exactly what information would require such an action?
it is proposed that there is a certain individual danger in
sharing basic thought today, and when the mainstream
media do not run basic news stories, and the populace
remains unaware, it severely weakens and threatens
the small naive fish just trying to make their contribution.
that is, in the era of assassination politics, when people
do not proactively spread ideas that are critical, they may
be holding back a potential for interacting to change the
situation, not by passive and mindless but active and
engaged action to do something, however much, to go
as far as possible with what is reasonable. in this way,
it would offer an author more safety, too, as then they
are not completely isolated and as easily targeted if
more people know of the ideas than just those who
might mount a serious offensive against the thinker.
what people could do, then, is to compile e-mail
addresses of the best contacts from around the
globe, of people and organizations and officials
and agencies and others who may be able to then
shape the question to a better question, to improve
it, but otherwise it may be unique in a way that may
otherwise not be seen, without this extended action
against corruption by global networked democracy.
it would require people to begin gathering data now,
and to forward the idea to others who may improve
upon the concept itself and also extend the network.
then, when content arises, it can then be flagged for
'lightning storm' action or whatever it may be called,
and individuals who receive it can decide whether or
not it warrants such a move. the main reason is again
to protect the writer of ideas, and send the ideas to
as far across and inside and around the networks as
is possible, using degrees-of-separation to advantage.
it is also temporary, it is value-neutral in that someone
may add comments to the question or opinion in order
to amplify or edit the perspective, and it is copyright
free in this sense. today, if one tries to e-mail 500
places at once, or even across multiple attempts of
smaller groups, this can be defeated by denial of
access and disconnecting e-mail accounts, phone
connections, and other things. this would be the
best countermeasure at this time for freedom of
information. this is also a personal request, instead
of asking for prayers or good wishes, it is to ask
for help in transforming the mental landscape
through a democratic offensive of ideas over
ideologies, truth over power, and reason over
insanity. this is a request for some serious help.
please, those who are considering this, compile
lists of e-mail addresses. several. ones that can
be used from internet cafes and web accounts.
it is a million e-mail march, to tear down walls
of false and fake information. it is not for the use
of one author but those who are pursuing this in
to a very dark realm, and to join in the adventure.
network-lightning -->>> compile e-mail information for:
- newspapers (online/offline) community/local/regional/national/intl
- television stations (online/offline), cable news channels
- radio stations and programs (online/offline)
- columnists and reporters
- various politicians, local/national/international
- business leaders, local/national/international
- organizations and institutions (education, student bodies)
- internet mailing lists, news websites, blogs,
- various interest-groups (politics, economics, society)
[if 50 different people compile lists that all have the
NYTimes editorial person on it, then instead of receiving
one copy, there would be 50 from different people all
over the world, potentially. Or, the US Congress, etc.]
a request for such an action would then precede the
content of any message, and then people can decide
what to do with it based on their interpretation and view,
yet this should be reserved for original writing and for
use only in the most serious cases of political danger.
- proposal by brian c. aka human being, sent to design-l,
nettime-l, syndicate. forward to those who are ready...
(due to the fact that, given time, it is impossible to write
and compile all the e-mails and send them out during
crises situations. emergency network transmissions...)
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