“People want peace, and when given a voice, they’ll work tirelessly for it,” said Wired Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson. “In the short term, a Twitter account may be no match for an AK-47, but in the long term the keyboard is mightier than the sword.”

Following this rationale, Wired has created a petition working to nominate the internet for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.

To read up on their argument and to sign the petition, click here.