Comments on: DIGITAL UTOPIA / A new breed of technologists envisions a democratic world improved by the Internet http://thebankwatch.com/2006/11/06/digital-utopia-a-new-breed-of-technologists-envisions-a-democratic-world-improved-by-the-internet/ Tracking the evolution of financial services Thu, 10 May 2012 08:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Colin http://thebankwatch.com/2006/11/06/digital-utopia-a-new-breed-of-technologists-envisions-a-democratic-world-improved-by-the-internet/#comment-3305 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:54:42 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/?p=957#comment-3305 Ed … I tend to take a pragmatic view, in that at a minimum crowd sourcing, will uncover alternative views, and promote creativity. How many times have I written something, get as far as I can go, then when I run it by others, I get a completely different perspective, that I missed first time around.

]]> By: Ed Terpening http://thebankwatch.com/2006/11/06/digital-utopia-a-new-breed-of-technologists-envisions-a-democratic-world-improved-by-the-internet/#comment-3304 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:44:12 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/?p=957#comment-3304 I’d like to agree that the “wisdom of crowds” always finds the best quality work and rises it to the top, yet I remember that some of the greatest artists in history where rejected in their time–by “the masses” and “experts” alike (eg, Van Gough, Stravinski, etc).

Then again, their works had limitted access and perhaps being ahead of your time has no solution but time. Perhaps there are wonders in YouTube yet to be discovered.

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