>I understand that there is ... a large risk of group think associated with our global information system

To be honest, there would be group think anyway. There always is, it's just a human proclivity. I'm not sure why exactly people felt that's something the internet was going to eliminate? The printing press solidified nationalistic thought (and other kinds of group think as well), the internet is solidifying it further.

I guess I just think, group think is kind of, something to be expected considering mankind's history.