Nicholas Negroponte to be 1 of 5 members of Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal editorial board

By far the biggest news of the day in terms of its long-term importance.

Why?

Because Nicholas Negroponte is from the future, unlike the rest of the clowns masquerading as media moguls.

You could look it up: the stunning news appears in the final paragraph of Frank Ahrens's story on the front page of today's Washington Post Business section.

Negroponte is the founder of MIT's Media Lab and the driving force behind the gathering momentum aiming to bring the power of the Internet to the Third World via self-powered, ultra-cheap laptops and free wireless access.

Wait and see if the combination of his drive and Murdoch's money doesn't finally smash down that final barrier called inaccessibility.