Done with Facebook revolution.. What next?

Wael Ghonim and Julian Assange may be the two big names behind the Egyptian revolution. The two were excellent in interpreting the fascinating power of digital networks into social networks, and networks of actual human interactions every day on the streets of Egypt. Julian’s Wikileaks topped people’s (im)patience for the dictatorship, while Ghonim seems to have dripped a nice little last drop in the tension building up.

What is next?

Should Egypt settle for a new powerful one-man-show?

Are people ready to delegate their rights to governance to a new regime in formation led by the military?

Is that it?

I fear so – for now in Egypt. This is because Facebook is great to help provole each other, and so is Twitter, but we / Egypt is not yet ready to govern ourselves online. Yet this is going to change. This must change: the roots of the problem – isolation of power in the hands of a few continues.

Mubarek wasn’t Egypt’s problem. Mubarek was the statue of removed governance. And it is the Capitol Hill in the States, and there is one in every country. They are all removed from people. Egyptians are lucky to have explored the power of social networks, but they will not be the last ones. Politicians everywhere – and most strongly in the West – are trying to adjust to the brave new world where people claim their voice in governance by pushing administrations establish things like White House’s Advice the Advisor program, or use Facebook.

Well, I have bad news for Obama, and other politicians in power. Because politicians of tomorrow are all of the citizens who care to be politicians. They are claiming their power with projects like Localocracy, WhiteHouse2, or Demoex. Just like WalMart couldn’t create Amazon; creating change in the scale needed is against the existence and interest of those in power. The online governance solutions of tomorrow will not come from the top – they will claim power from the bottom-up.

Us Now is a documentary giving some hint about what is coming. We-Decide will try to put its brick in this new construction – the construction of direct online governance. Thank you Egypt; Goal and Julian – you help us dream the next big thing!