Clay Shirky talks about how with WEB 2.0 tools groups of people do not only connect but they are also collaborating and taking action.
I am currently reading his book and he suggests some fascinating ways that people are already and could in the future organise themselves for social and political action without the support of any organisations.
Epic 2015 also provides a futuristic view of the "Fourth Estate". It suggests the print media will loose the media wars and that Google and Amazon will merge to form a collaborative news grid where anyone and everyone is the reporter.
I wonder what effect this will have on our society politically and socially given the control that the fourth estate has had on news items have been controlled by a few powerful organisations up to now.
As an educator I wonder what implications this has for teaching and learning in the 21st century.
Shirky, Clay. (2008) Here Comes Everybody. The power of organising without organisations. Penguin Group. New York
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