The Internet is not merely connecting computers together for the benefit of humans; it\u2019s connecting humans together to reinvent labor. This opens terrific opportunities along with real worries. Soon we\u2019ll have to question whether an earnest-looking group of protesters with hand-lettered signs is genuine or simply rapidly convened as a paid flash mob: a crowdsourced crowd. We\u2019ll be able to one-click shop for cheering throngs or protests at a particular location on a moment\u2019s notice, indistinguishable from genuine collective sentiment. A house can be surveilled and a spouse tailed because an online bounty has been put out for anyone nearby to take a photo of the building at a particular address, or to \u201cfollow that car.\u201d<\/p>\n
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