Can Social Media Make History

I have always loved the powerful presentations on TED.

TED is a small nonprofit organisation devoted to 'Ideas Worth Spreading'. It launched in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.

The annual conferences in Long Beach and Oxford bring together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes!). I download them to my ipod and watch them when I'm on the train or waiting in a queue.

Here's a superb presentation from Clay Shirky 'How Social Media can Make History'.