Re-organising Life

Came across this video this morning and had to share it with everyone. Its about the ability of the internet to facilitate mass collaboration between individuals on a global scale. It touches on sites like couchsurfer.com and myfootballclub.co.uk which bring together people using the internet to offer a couch to sleep on or the opportunity to own part of a football club.

MyFootballClub was set up in 2007 in which over 21,000 members raised over £600,000 to buy Ebbsfleet United, a Blue Square Premier League football team. Since then everything from transfer policy to team selection is democratised online with seven members selected to become board members and help oversee the overall direction of the club. Members are from all over the world, all wanting to own part of a football club and have a real say in the way it is run. I think this is an absolutely fantastic idea and one which utilises the huge advantages of the online world and help spread responsibility and power amongst groups instead of individuals.

It just goes to show how the world is in a transition towards a power democracy and established institutions being tested against their structure and creation of wealth. Watch the video as their are lots of other examples of how this is happening across the globe!

Us Now from Banyak Films on Vimeo.