Hi Guys Recently at Fortune Brainstorm Tech in Aspen, CO, there was a debate between Eric Schmidt and Peter Thiel about Contribution of Technology in Our Society . They touched upon many topic but at one point of time during the debate while discussing role of technology in enabling Arab Spiring and other revolution Thiel said
"*When you talk about the Arab spring, you can say that it's evidence of > Google and Twitter ‑‑ ‑‑ liberating the world through information. But, > the actual facts on the ground are that food prices rose by 30 to 50 > percent in the previous year and you basically had people who had become ‑‑ > you had desperate people who had become more hungry than scared, who > revolted.*" is he being too simplistic ? was there more to the revolution than just Food Price ? Would like to know your thoughts . you can see the whole debat online at http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/17/transcript-schmidt-thiel/ thanks -- Prashant
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