The year of the digital citizen

Media, people, and government. Who is who? The lines are diminishing and all of them are merging into one with the decentralization of media and better Internet/communication tools in the hands of the people. This is exactly what all the democracies of the world need: true transparency. I was amazed at the tech-savviness of some of the politicians who have already started using blogs, wikis, and videos to connect better with the people, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Tools like Viplav, Voxiva, and the Global Brain are needed to complete the loop from the people to the politicians, and from the people to the people, and that will strengthen the notions of a real democracy. It is not just India that needs this, but USA needs it even more desperately if it is avoid another term of disaster!