See Tshiung Han: Collective Action And Clay Shirky

Collective Actionkuala lumpur by lastsham

"Just as bigger is different, faster is different"

Red Hat... I mean, helmet by Farid Iqbal

Information Cascade

The Coast : electric jellyfish I by ech0runner

How does information cascade?

1.Everyone knows2.Everyone knows that everyone

knows3.Everyone knows that everyone

knows that everyone knows

Everyone knowsYou have figured it out

Everyone knows that everyone knows

You have figured out that your friends, family, neighbours, etc. have figured it out.

Everyone knows that everyone knows that everyone knowsYou, your family, friends, neighbours, etc. have figured out that you have each figured it out. That is, you all know.

Leipzig 1989

Belarus 2002

May 1969

Bersih Rally

Hindraf rally

Acceptable protest

Additional info

• Shlomo Goltz, "The Evolution of Protest"• John Robb, Brave New War.• John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt, ed., Networks and Netwars:

The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy.