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I think the point made in the answer was that the kind of passive social networking that Color is going to provide is a step beyond seeing a friend's facebook wall or twitter upload in the situation of a 'fire alarm' emergency.

These are going to be, for the most part, uploads by people unknown to you that will inform quickly and completely on a situation you cannot grasp as well alone.

In his September 11th example, perhaps you would see pictures from nearby of smoke and people moving away from it and gather enough information that you yourself will react as you will with a better sense of the world around you.

There was no skyscraper evasion skill mentioned in the answer. Really.