There was an old Twilight Zonesome show episode, which took place just before the invasion of Berlin, and Hitler realising his war was lost, about to get into a time-machine so he could go back and change the course of the war. However, he was interrupted by a disheveled, and slightly deranged man who was yelling and warning him not to do it. He had his SS guards shoot the man, and promptly gets into his time machine. Much flashing of...

I was with a couple of friends, both longtime journalists, and we were discussing the impact of the internet on political awareness and activism last Friday. In the end, we agreed that the internet is a tool, which enhances any inbuilt predilections of political awareness or activism. However, the speed in which the internet does this is much faster than any legacy medium, barring voice communications or SMS/MMS. Even so, both SMS and MMS...