i’ve come to re-think my first post regarding the fact that huge social change for the better will not be possible before we create intelligences superior to ourselves. the source of my newfound hope: anonymous.

some media outlets report that this group is composed of “terrorists” and “biggots” and generally mean people. this may be true, but these labels can be just as easily applied the group of people that aren’t anonymous. thats the tricky thing: membership. with a group purely based on anonymity, it is impossible to maintain any sort of exclusivity. anyone can claim to represent anonymous for whatever cause that individual chooses.

but as this huge thing with the church of scientology gathers steam, more and more people are *acting* (not a lot of people actually act on their beliefs these days) to support a cause they believe in, with no reward for doing so other thank knowing you’re “doing the right thing”. taken as such, it is a noble endeavor to say the least.

i would guess that a large portion of the protesters on sunday (this one has videos!) weren’t members since before the first video was released, and with the ever-increasing media coverage, their numbers will grow exponentially.

after scientology, what social change will they catalyze next?