Simply getting a country's population online is not going to trigger a revolution in critical thinking.

This marketization of personal information is a big mistake.

For many oppositional movements, the Internet, while providing the opportunity to distribute information more quickly and cheaper, may have actually made their struggle more difficult in the long run.

When we can commit a crime, we can also trigger debate. Cases go to courts. Media start covering the cases. But once you build smart environments where, if you meet a certain probabilistic profile, you won't even be allowed to board a bus, let alone commit a crime, we're perpetuating existing laws so they face no challenges or revision.

Social media's greatest assets - anonymity, 'virality,' interconnectedness - are also its main weaknesses.

Revolution may not be pro-Western or democratic.

It is easy to be seen as either a genius or a crank. If you have a Ph.D., at least you somewhat lower the chances that you will be seen as a crank.