For two centuries, we have lived in a mass society defined by passive consumption, vast corporate hierarchies and the centralized control of state power. Those organizations didn’t seem artificial to us because we couldn’t imagine alternatives. But now we can. Peer networks are a practical, functioning reality that already underlies the dominant communications platform of our age. They can do things as ambitious as writing a global encyclopedia or as simple as fixing a pothole.

Steven Johnson on how “decentralized groups are coming together to solve problems” 

My thoughts about how journalists are using ad-hoc peer networks are here. 

Via WSJ — The Power of Peer Networks, from Potholes to Patents - WSJ.com

Source: The Wall Street Journal

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