] At the same time, Rheingold is worried that established
] companies could quash such nascent innovations as
] file-sharing -- and potentially put the U.S. at risk of
] falling behind the rest of the world.

My comments exactly on BinRev Radio tonight.

] Howard Rheingold is on the hunt again. With his last
] book, Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, in 2001,
] the longtime observer of technology trends made a
] persuasive case that pervasive mobile communications,
] combined with always-on Internet connections, will
] produce new kinds of ad-hoc social groups. Now, he's
] starting to take the leap beyond smart mobs, trying to
] weave some threads out of such seemingly disparate
] developments as Web logs, open-source software
] development, and Google.

[ Rheingold is always a worthwhile read i think... -k]