Occupy: The Media

Occupy is a historically unprecedented movement In one month it went from several dozen people in one small park in lower Manhattan to tens if not hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating in several hundred cities in 80 countries That speed of growth and dissemination has never occurred before One of the three fundamental forces of the Shift Age is at play here the accelerating electronic connectedness of the planet Since 2007 I have been saying that this is the most profound and powerful force at play with humanity right now and that it would initiate new forms of communications movements and individual empowerment Never in human history has a movement moved from one city to hundreds around the world in one month EverThe second reason it spread so fast is that its ethos amp8211 no vertical structures only horizontal structures amp8211 is perfectly aligned with this connected global electronic reality that is weblike and flat It is a movement whose message is fully aligned with its structure and connectivity To get a sense of this breadth and flatness take a look at this site just constructed by a friend and you will see the global connectivityThe third reason that it is a very contemporary phenomenon worth watching is the broad nature of the demands being made Across the board we are in an era of almost unprecedented creative destruction of institutions and ways of thinking There are so many things out of kilter there are so many social and demographic groups that are hurting and developing a sense of lack of fairness or wrong direction that Occupy has become a Rorschach movement where any group that feels disenfranchised can join inThe fourth reason it is so powerful is that it quickly created a slogan that embraces so many We are the 99The fifth reason at least in the US is that there is so much intense dissatisfaction with the two political parties Simply put they are a codependent duopoly The Occupy movement has very quickly triangulated the larger political and social conversation away from this duopoly It is almost amusing if not pathetic how awkwardly both parties are dealing with the Occupy movementThe power of this movement is clear in the sense that just by saying one word quotoccupyquot people know exactly what you are referring to Think about that If I had said quotoccupyquot to anyone reading these words six months ago you would have given me a blank stare Now I get your opinionIn 2008 and 2009 I predicted tremendous upheavals in Islamic countries due to the Accelerating Electronic Connectedness of the planet That prediction became the Arab Spring Along with it the Occupy movement represents a new Shift Age 20th century phenomenon Memes become movements with breathtaking speed Connectedness moves us toward a new realm of consciousness in ways never before seenThe name of my first book published four years ago was quotThe Shift Agequot Everything is now in some rate of shift The speed of change has become environmental we live in an environment of change It is the global stage of human evolutionMy now six year old blog is named Evolutionshift and is also my name on Twitter The accelerating electronic connectedness is combining with our having entered the global stage of human evolution and is moving us toward an evolutionary shift or next stage of human consciousness The beginnings are unfolding before our eyes and in our mindsDavid Houle is a futurist strategist and speaker He has always been slightly ahead of the curve Houle spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment Most recently David is a featured contributor to Oprahcom Check is out here wwwoprahcomdavidhoule David can be contacted at DavidDavidHoulecomRead all Davidamp8217s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Evolution ShiftCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBloggerThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentaries

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