The BBC is working on an open and collaborative documentary on the way in which the web is changing our every day lives. The working title of the project is Digital Revolution.

What is Digital Revolution?
Digital Revolution (working title) is an open source documentary, due for transmission on BBC Two in 2010, that will take stock of 20 years of change brought about by the World Wide Web.

Last week, Aleks Krotoski wrote a very thought-provoking article for the BBC Digital Revolution Blog entitled “The Rise of the eNation” using eBay as case-study. Aleks raised some very interesting points by positioning eBay as an autonomous nation. At first glance, I would go so far as to say that the individual proof points did warrant more than their fair share of merit. From the social feedback system to the economic structure through PayPal, one can see how easy it is to make the leap. As one can also see however, from the resulting comments provided by @petehindle, @cyberissues and @TimFootman, upon further scrutiny the analogies end almost as quickly as they begin.

You can read my full response to Aleks’ post over on the BBC Digital Revolution blog.

Cheers,
RBH