In essence, what Innocentive does is it provides a platform where you can post a really challenging problem and offer a reward to anybody who can come and provide a solution. And it's been remarkably effective. People get very challenging problems and get solutions to those problems.
The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look.
