`git` as a everyman's tool for delivering open and transparent government? I've seen enough experienced and intelligent developers struggle to internalize git t

`git` as a everyman's tool for delivering open and transparent government? I've seen enough experienced and intelligent developers struggle to internalize git to believe that can ever happen. There is a worthwhile discussion about how the lessons of GitHub - the fork/pull collaboration model - could be applied to bring the same promise to non-programming domains, but saying that GitHub itself is the social network of the future is, IMHO, missing the important lesson.