Yesterday I finished Twitterville by Shel Israel, and it has been a very exciting read. The whole book is filled with intriguing stories about how people and companies are using Twitter to connect and do business, or raise money for charity.
But it was the very last chapter that surprised me. It is called Global Neigborhoods and talks about how Twitter can contribute to world peace. At first this sounds like a grandiose claim, but if you follow his argument it makes sense. After all, the more we know about one another, the customs, the language, the culture, the more difficult it becomes to enter into conflict. And if Twitter can help the citizens of the world to connect and get acquainted, then tweet away.
