That was the relatively decentralized and competitive pre-social media internet. The problem now is that google and facebook have such a dominant position that

That was the relatively decentralized and competitive pre-social media internet. The problem now is that google and facebook have such a dominant position that larry page and zuckerburg can decide what to show us and what not to show us. They essentially hold the mirror and they decide what we get to see. Vint Cerf's internet is the one I grew up with and the one I believe in. With the rise of social media and monopolistic tech companies, the relatively uncensored decentralized internet has turned into a dystopian curated and centralized one.