http://simonwillison.net/2009-11-19T18:53:49+00:00Simon Willison2009-11-19T18:53:49+00:002009-11-19T18:53:49+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Nov/19/joe/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://bitworking.org/news/2009/11/authority"><p>Authority, historically, gets bestowed on the gatekeepers of information, such as Britannica, universities, newspapers, etc. Everything that can be digitized will be digitized, and will then be available over the internet, which is disruptive, not only to business models, but to authority.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://bitworking.org/news/2009/11/authority">Joe Gregorio</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/authority">authority</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/internet">internet</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/joe-gregorio">joe-gregorio</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/newspapers">newspapers</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wikipedia">wikipedia</a></p>