The '7 new wonders of the world' are a deception spread via the internet

In an editorial, Ignacio Camacho vehemently criticises the '7 new wonders of the world' competition, which announced its results Saturday, July 7th. One hundred million people voted for the finalists on the Internet. "The Internet aspires to be some sort of pan-democratic universe, but it still lends itself too easily to cheating and manipulation. ... [the competition] reinvigorated a chauvinist fever camouflaged as direct democracy. ... It provided a forum for one-upsmanship in something as basic as national pride, an intermingling of touristy interest and a simple popular thirst for recognition and self-esteem. ... The eighth wonder of the world in this absurd ranking isn't Alhambra, in Grenada, but the naivety and the blind-trust that floats on the internet like scum on the ocean of collective superficiality."

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