What is it: Get Up is bidding to win a surfing lesson and breakfast for 6 with Tony Abbott. They plan to give that lesson to a refugee so that Abbott will be confronted with a real person telling him first-hand about the realities of life as a refugee.
Why is it cool: Get Up’s campaign is a great example of the democratization of politics and campaigning.Obama’s use of internet is another great example.
Where to find it: here!
Submitted by: Howard Parry-Husbands
That a parasite can have a significant influence on personality is pretty cool, but that those millions of influenced people could shift a nation’s personality is nothing short of mind-blowing. Certainly myriad other factors influence local culture, so the world’s cultural differences cannot be simply described by the parasite… or maybe that’s what it wants us to believe!