The world has seven new wonders, but democracy, apparently, isn’t one of them. In a ceremony — held on 7/7/07 — that featured Ben Kingsley, Hilary Swank and Jennifer Lopez, Swiss filmmaker Bernard Weber named the New Seven Wonders of the world. It was hailed as an exercise in global democracy, because the selection process was opened up to electronic voting by various means by everyone in the world. The organizers counted more than 90 million e-votes. Does that mean 90 million people voted? Not necessarily.
Loading ...
Is E-Voting the Next Wonder of the World?
Posted by: Naseem Javed August 1, 2007 05:00 AMThe world has seven new wonders, but democracy, apparently, isn’t one of them. In a ceremony — held on 7/7/07 — that featured Ben Kingsley, Hilary Swank and Jennifer Lopez, Swiss filmmaker Bernard Weber named the New Seven Wonders of the world. It was hailed as an exercise in global democracy, because the selection process was opened up to electronic voting by various means by everyone in the world. The organizers counted more than 90 million e-votes. Does that mean 90 million people voted? Not necessarily.