Why Twitter Matters

I'll be honest - I don't get the allure of Twitter. I don't really WANT to be constantly updated about my friends' moods, what they're listening to, or that they're "comin out of the theater" unless I'm specifically looking for the person texting me. For a while I thought Twitter was hype, and as far as I know, on the business end of things, I still do. (And to be honest, I haven't cared enough about Twitter to take time to research and understand their business model anyway). but tonight i had kind of a breakthrough in my relationship with Twitter. I think one of the most significant contributions Twitter is bringing to the evolution of Connected Consciousness (for lack of a better term - the new collective or common consciousness created by the mass connection of humans to the network.) For the first time in the history of our species, it is possible to massively communicate with massive numbers of human beings about pretty much anything. We are starting to realize the power of connecting human beings (well, we've always known that there is strength in numbers, but there's magic in the network!). The Digg Revolt and the recent Ron Paul/ABCNews action are the early warning shots of a planet's populace made aware. What Twitter brings is perhaps a baby step in the direction of many-to-many communication. But I think in a larger sense, Twitter represents a shortening of the gaps between the synapses of this common, connected consciousness. Consider "the Human Race" as an entity that is just now starting to become aware of the totality of itself. Twitter being the tick in the eyelid just before it opens, perhaps.