Evolution, Not Revolution
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Pretty pictures & words by Nicky Case
⏱ This post is over years old. Proceed at own risk. The next time you're tempted to praise an idea, a movement, or yet another photo-sharing app as "revolutionary"... remember how actual revolutions usually turn out. Like everyone else, I was really optimistic at the beginning of the Arab Spring. Now, Syria's a bloodbath. Egypt's torturing activists. Libya's descended into civil war. The only success story was Tunisia – the country who started the whole Arab Spring – with their new constitution, new elected president, and a commission to address the previous regime's crimes. But even then, Tun
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