It's the order of the day. We live in a totally networked world where anyone and anything is connected. It would seem all of our traditional hierarchical structures are in crisis or decline. That includes states, churches, parties and corporations.

Money is being challenged by cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin).

Party establishments are being replaced by viral messaging.

Cyberspace has changed into a realm of "ideologial polarization, extreme views and fake news."

Evan Williams, co-founder of Twitter, in an interview with the NY Times said, "I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world is automatially going to be a better place, I was wrong about that."

Recent research, this past year, has uncovered the psychological harm inflicted by social media on young people. More upsetting is that cyberspace has morphed into an environment where Russian trolls to pro-ISIS users can work to subvert the institutional foundations of democracy with little or no repurcussions.

Since this new public sphere has no effective gatekeepers, the advantage is now in the hands of misleaders not leaders.