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Uploaded by on Nov 5, 2008

http://www.ted.com James Surowiecki pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news -- and preserved moving personal stories from the tragedy.

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  • WE make the NEWS from NOW ON!

    It'd be SO MUCH better than the crap we are fed by mainstream.

  • i think people have an inate desire to share themselves with each other. we teach each other and learn from each other because that is the type of animals we are. people who blog do so in order to share themselves with each other. they do it for the same reason that you tell your friends personal stories about yourself. it is human nature.

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  • He could have made his point without showing an old couple actually getting killed ffs I'd rather not have seen that.

  • I love connecting with like-minded people. Add me!

  • Hi TEDtalksDirector

    You really should never stop creating these videos as the quality really is outstanding and I just love watching them.

    Cheers to your success.

    Mark McCulloch

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