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Feb. 5th, 2004 02:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snydersBiking to work I was wondering: how strange, the soviet experiment of better society collapsed, but almost immediately another experiment picked up. The internet is a huge communist experiment.
Actually it has both: it allows capitalists to fill every niche of public demand missed by the big sharks (like NetFlix for ex.), and it opens huge opportunities for free sharing and work for the benefit of the community. Typically there are 5% of people who are infected by the sharing virus: they enjoy sharing what they have with the others, and enjoy helping others out. And yes, its infectious.
Actually it has both: it allows capitalists to fill every niche of public demand missed by the big sharks (like NetFlix for ex.), and it opens huge opportunities for free sharing and work for the benefit of the community. Typically there are 5% of people who are infected by the sharing virus: they enjoy sharing what they have with the others, and enjoy helping others out. And yes, its infectious.
