One reason I started this series was because of a conversation I had with a friend. He said that although history has no teleology, its not headed anywhere specific, that technology has created a sort of progress, a democratization of power. His main point was military-- that with military advances, the underdog has a better chance of winning now than ever before in history. I disagree, but that's a conversation for another post.
Speaking about this democratization of power though, I argue that community organizers are usually the underdogs. Technology, however, does not naturally favor the underdogs. If technology can make things like publicity and communication easier for us, it can also make publicity and communication easier for the people who do stuff that we don't agree with. It boils down to who has access to technology and who can utilize it more efficiently.
It isn't good and it isn't evil, but it definitely isn't neutral.
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