The Commons

Wired Magazine’s new-ideas issue is great fun, including the cover articles, “Detroit Re-imagined” and “Googlenomics Explained.” But the most fun may be “Socialism Redefined,” which turns socialism (to some a dirty word) inside out— and predicts a “globalist collectivist society.” (This is only partly serious. Notice in the historical timeline feature, Linux 10 is jokingly listed alongside the dissolution of the Soviet Union.)

The point: Voluntary collectivism, such as Wikipedia and tools for sharing, such as Flickr, are powerful signs of cultural change. At at time when Iranian activists are using Twitter applications to get around government censorship, the article appears prescient.

- Lee Reilly, Vice President,Interactive

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