WikiLeaks is hands down the most interesting, ambitious, inspiring and intense project I’ve seen on the web in years.
It reminds me of when I first ran the original Napster. At that moment, something (what it was specifically became clear with time) about media instantly felt different. It’s as if I discovered a new superpower and my view of what is possible has grown. Napster came and went, but the feeling and the idea remained. Wikileaks does the same for news.
It has the potential to bring unpleasant conversations into the spotlight, have us consider uncomfortable realities all the while taking advantage of the immense power of the web and innovative news media. And they are wasting no time.
I wish I met more entrepreneurs like Julian Assange (though I’d imagine he describes himself as something else). But maybe that’s a matter of time, a character like him with such results will inspire many.
I wonder what it’s like to be 14, to be watching this unfold and have Wikileaks as the base of certain assumptions you will make about media, news, government and information for the rest of your life.
I am proud to live in a world where this is possible.
