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Elite Investigative Journal
The Snowden Effect and Tolerance, pg 49-56
©2014-2015 Press Enter Resolve, LLC
The Snowden Effect and
Tolerance By Josiah Harry
Photo Courtesy of tweaktown.com
“I understand that I will be made to suffer for my functioning under a state of alert as if something
actions, and that the return of this information to the cataclysmic or unearthly is about to happen.
public marks my end.”[1] These are the words of Governments are illed with dread because they face
Edward Snowden-the person responsible for igniting ambiguous threats and an uncertain future. The state
the global consciousness shift on tolerance. As a result of human affairs has reached a tipping point.
of his action, major societal reforms on human rights,
privacy issues, and civil liberties are being enacted on a One journalist wrote, “Something is happening. It’s
global scale. undeniable, impossible to describe and whatever it is,
it’s manifesting into an intense and palpable energy,
Global consciousness shifting refers to the idea that a crossing all boundaries and all sectors and affecting
shift in our collective consciousness has the potential to everyone on every level.[2]
change every aspect of our collective reality. Why this
shift? And why now? Could it be that humanity’s collective conscious is
being awakened to a reality meant to disturb our
Almost every society around the globe seems to be fragmented way of life? Could it be that human beings
functioning under a state of alert as if something are becoming more attuned with their existence and
cataclysmic or unearthly is about to happen. desire to embrace change, and welcome the dawn of
Governments are illed with dread because they face an era marked by openness, transparency, cooperation,
ambiguous threats and an uncertain future. The state of harmony, and freedom from economic and social
human affairs has reached a tipping point. tyranny?
Almost every society around the globe seems to be Have we inally decided to take a holistic inward
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The Snowden Effect and Tolerance, pg 49-56
©2014-2015 Press Enter Resolve, LLC
The Snowden Effect and
Tolerance By Josiah Harry
Photo Courtesy of tweaktown.com
“I understand that I will be made to suffer for my functioning under a state of alert as if something
actions, and that the return of this information to the cataclysmic or unearthly is about to happen.
public marks my end.”[1] These are the words of Governments are illed with dread because they face
Edward Snowden-the person responsible for igniting ambiguous threats and an uncertain future. The state
the global consciousness shift on tolerance. As a result of human affairs has reached a tipping point.
of his action, major societal reforms on human rights,
privacy issues, and civil liberties are being enacted on a One journalist wrote, “Something is happening. It’s
global scale. undeniable, impossible to describe and whatever it is,
it’s manifesting into an intense and palpable energy,
Global consciousness shifting refers to the idea that a crossing all boundaries and all sectors and affecting
shift in our collective consciousness has the potential to everyone on every level.[2]
change every aspect of our collective reality. Why this
shift? And why now? Could it be that humanity’s collective conscious is
being awakened to a reality meant to disturb our
Almost every society around the globe seems to be fragmented way of life? Could it be that human beings
functioning under a state of alert as if something are becoming more attuned with their existence and
cataclysmic or unearthly is about to happen. desire to embrace change, and welcome the dawn of
Governments are illed with dread because they face an era marked by openness, transparency, cooperation,
ambiguous threats and an uncertain future. The state of harmony, and freedom from economic and social
human affairs has reached a tipping point. tyranny?
Almost every society around the globe seems to be Have we inally decided to take a holistic inward
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