The internet is becoming wireless, pervasive, localized. This will have profound economic, social, and political effects. Just as the internet made netroots possible, so will the emergence of community intranets, the internet localized, truly change communities, local economies and grassroots politics.
The future belongs to the local and to the people, and there is precious little the media, corporations, and government can do. Grassroots, bottom up will outdo the top down. It is inevitable.
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