The Internet May Have Upended Traditional Institutions, But It’s a Brittle Weapon
The Internet is not kind to established institutions. In the last year alone, as organizations from the Vatican to Sony to Arab governments have discovered, the Internet’s most meaningful characteristics—decentralization and the ease of information sharing—are precisely those that most threaten long-standing hierarchies. Being connected to the Internet means being vulnerable to coordinated actions that can knock down walls of secrecy and shatter mechanisms of control.
via The Daily Beast (click title to read full article)
