A DARK SIDE OF THE ARMY OF DAVIDS? Yankee Muse reads the book and foresees an Army of Mohammeds. Well, as I note in the book, terrorism is an early bad manifestation of technology empowering individuals and small groups. Fortunately, that’s not the whole story.

UPDATE: N.Z. Bear emails:

Quick reaction thought to the terrorism as Army of Davids-like –you’re exactly right that terrorism was an early manifestation of a similar phenomenon. The key difference, however, is that while we have already seen what happens when destructive technologies become widely available (explosives, etc.), we are now seeing what happens when *constructive* technologies become highly distributed. We’re already dealing with the bad side of the coin, now we’re at least starting to see some of the good…

Yes, that’s part of my take. And of Vernor Vinge’s.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Oh, what the hell: This guy’s endorsements do sell books.