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Joi on "the internets"

When George Bush talked about "the internets," we all laughed – of course there's one Internet, just like there's (by definition) one Universe, right? But Joi expresses a concern that there is in fact a fragmentation of the Internet into local/regional networks, partly because some countries block access to much external content, and partly because many users prefer to stay within their own realm. And "there are people who don't like the policies of the Internet and either want to censor or otherwise manage differently THEIR internet."

It is the fact that we have a single root and that we have global policies and protocols which allows the Internet to be a single network and allows anyone to reach anyone else in the world. Clearly, allowing anyone in the world to reach anyone else in the world with a single click introduces a variety of problems, but it creates a single global network which allows dialog and innovation to be shared worldwide without going through gateways or filters. This attribute of the Internet is a key to the future of a global democracy and I believe we need to fight to preserve this.

jon posted this at 11:37 PM
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