"Why are you on strike? You have to go to school. Greta retorted: Why would I need an education if there is no future? If you get an education, you can affect the future, replied the woman. That's what you're supposed to do, you children and young people. For us old people it's too late. It's not too late, said Greta. After a few more exchanges the woman walked away, looking dismayed."
"In a famous Ted talk, Derek Sivers narrates a video that starts with a lone, topless man dancing wildly on a grassy slope at what looks like a festival. A bunch of other people are sat on the grass nearby, no doubt thinking: Who is that crazy guy? But then something happens: another man gets up and starts to join in the dance, imitating the moves. The first man immediately greets him as an equal, taking his hands, and they start dancing together."
Greta Thunberg sat alone outside the Swedish parliament with a placard reading Skolstrejk for klimatet and pamphlets under a stone. Passersby engaged her: an older woman challenged her decision to strike, a younger woman joined and praised her, and a bicyclist stopped, prompting more people to read pamphlets and join. Within seven months one million people had joined the Fridays for Future school strike movement. Social movements can emerge when a lone activist is publicly joined by an early follower who validates the action, models participation, and encourages others to join.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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