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Us Now is a British documentary which looks at and online networks and the self-governing structures which make them possible. The premise is that that we can all be the government and top-down bureaucratic structures will be eventually replaced. The potential of social networks, new technologies and the internet generally, the type of participation demonstrated in the examples used, it is claimed could change the way way countries are governed. The film uses several examples to argue the point: opensource software Linux OS, CouchSurfing, mums helping each other on Mumsnet, loans from people not banks at Zopa. Slicethepie, a platform enabling music artists to get financing from fans, who can also earn money from reviewing and promoting. The fans of EbbsFleet United who own, manage and pick the players of their football team. Access to technology, I thought was neglected from the discusssion. If the means of production was to change (in the ways suggested) surely everyone would need to have access? What do you think? Leave a comment.
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