What are smart mobs?

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2008

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

With the benefit of wireless technologies like cell phones and text messaging, large groups of people are able to coordinate their actions with amazing precision. Check out our HowStuffWorks article to learn about smart mobs and civil disobedience.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.5	Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.
0:33.3	It's ready. Are you?
0:35.9	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from house stuffworks.com.
0:41.0	Stuff You Should Know is brought to you by Veecent.
0:43.4	We all have things we like to think about.
0:45.2	Online fraud shouldn't be one of them.
0:47.5	Because with every purchase, Veecent prevents, detects and resolves online fraud.
0:52.6	Safe, secure, Veecent.
1:22.6	How?
1:24.6	I mean, it's your birthday or your life?
1:26.6	No, July 15th is my birthday.
1:28.6	July 1st, 2008 was a day when two great underground pop culture icons were killed in one fell
1:36.3	swoop.
1:37.3	Have you ever heard of a guy named Ron English?
1:39.3	No, I don't know Ron.
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