Kevin Kelly discusses the intelligence of the hive mind and the place for top-down editorial control on the Web. Kelly is the co-founder of Wired, the author of Out of Control, and a board member of The Long Now Foundation. Believing that "the bottom is not enough", Kelly argues that the great successes in Web 2.0 will be those people and groups that determine novel ways and optimal mixtures of
He discusses Wikipedia at some length, particularly noting the slow evolution from minimal editorial control to what he envisions in the future, with greater human-filtering, "controlled edits, peer review, verification locks, authentication certificates, and so on." The key, of course, is finding the right mix for each niche.
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