I think that the transparency that hyperlinks and networks enable can help expose the crooked brokers, as we are doing now. However, it will take more than discussion to make changes. Our ability to communicate outside of hierarchies has helped accelerate change, as we see many stories of corruption break on the Net first and later get picked up by the mass media. There is still a need for action, though.

As for rotten apples, I believe that it's more often a case of rotten barrels spoiling good apples, as I noted last week