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sounds like the western world is practicing for the coming wave of OpenSpace.
Flash Mob sounds like an OST workout in which participants invite, convene,
and let go without the messy business of conversation. you know how all
that conversation always makes real live OpenSpace events so long and sometimes
necessitates notes and typing... <grin><br>
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<h2>Flash mobs: a new social phenomenon?</h2>
Is it performance art or the ultimate surprise party? A social phenomenon
known as the 'flash mob', which began in New York and relies on e-mail, appears
to be spreading worldwide.<br>
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Using mass e-mailing, the organisers bring together what their invitations
describe as 'inexplicable mobs' - large crowds that materialise in public
places and suddenly dissipate 10 minutes later.<br>
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Since the first flash mob was organised in Manhattan in May, by a mischievous
underground group called the Mob Project, the practise has already spread
to other U.S. cities, while plans are being drawn up for events in London,
Rome and Vienna.<br>
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the rest of the story... <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s913314.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s913314.htm</a><br>
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Michael Herman
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...inviting organization into movement
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