US commentator Douglas Rushkoff on the real threat of blogs:
I believe that the most dangerous thing about blogs to the status quo is that so many of them exist for reasons other than to make money. A thriving community of people who are engaged for free, to me, have a certain authority that people doing things for money don’t.
and:
I believe the greatest power of the blog is not just its ability to distribute alternative information – a great power, indeed – but its power to demonstrate a mode of engagement that is not based on the profit principle.
:: Douglas Rushkoff – Weblog ::
(Via Nick Bradbury.)