I don’t look at the individual tweets as a good metric to measure the gestalt. In other words I don’t think anyone really cares what a single person is doing. What I do think is that the gestalt of “What is everyone doing?” is what Tweeter and the Social networking is about. I’m personally feeling the positive karma especially when it’s endeavors being pursued collectively like the Lancearmstrong tweets or livestrong tweets. Millions of followers there and growing. The power of a million people all wanting to be bigger than differences, selves or egos all in the pursuit of say in this case “curing cancer”. Yeah knowing somone’s icky/tmi/details/preferences probably not a good use for the new tech. I don’t think it’s about what any single person has to say, It’s what said collectively.

The power of the spoken word, said collectively. Even @The_Real_Shaq’s tweets will have pithy quotes of humanistic encouragement that reek of faith. Overtime it does indeed enrich. Illiberal communicative choices are quickly called out. Who wants to focus on that? Why waste 140 characters on something that’s a distressor (Unless it’s a plea or signal) I think humans in some small way have become smarter in that now folks are more self aware of what’s immediately and collectively being said: 1Billion people living in abject poverty — dogs of the wealthy getting more healthcare than a human… how about, let’s say Coy simming in exotic pools costing thousands… and humans living in cardboard boxes. These things are not ok, and Tweeter allows immediate accountability between the Super-affluent and those socially in charge of helping the *plebescite herd* better itself. (Lance and Shaq who were both relatively poor by American Super-affluent standards and any personal failings aside seem to both be pursuing the collective betterment of humankind in some fashion)

It will not long be vogue for us to get away with things that are no longer abstractions. But real, tangible quantifiable facts that now we have the collective power to change immediately. (yes immediately of course over some considerable time, but the action may begin immediately) Ultimately (and yes now I’m completely rambling OT) Economics is a social science and a social construct. What does it say about us humans (all the globe over) if it is a construct that foments injustice for ANYONE in any way. I’m not advocating handouts, but there are billions of humans, who if given a different existential context, say an investment? (one that’s not impoverished) would be able to participate in greater good that would be mutually beneficial to all.

Tweeter allows a glimpse into not just what is the teency fleeting note of a single thought from but one of the planets billions, it allows a glimpse into what’s possilbe from the greater whole. Goodness is possible, and ever increasingly tangible.