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When you think about the implications of crowdsourcing tools like Ushahidi–hundreds or thousands of people who don’t know each other volunteering to work on a common challenge, freely sharing information and operating with no formal organizational structure–it’s hard to argue with William Gibson’s assertion. The future is, indeed, already here. And crowdsourcing is an important and promising part of that future.
SOURCE LINK to the full article:
http://russlinden.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/the-life-saving-power-of-crowdsourcing/