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> Tim Berners Lee had this Pollyannaish view once upon a time that went like this: What if we could develop a web that was free to use for everyone and that wou
by m0nty 8y ago
> Tim Berners Lee had this Pollyannaish view once upon a time that went like this: What if we could develop a web that was free to use for everyone and that would fuel creativity, connection, knowledge and optimism across the globe?
It's wrong to describe that as "polyannaish", since much of it has come to pass. Despite its shortcomings and abuses, could anyone say the web has not fuelled "creativity, connection, knowledge and optimism"?
Berners-Lee is an optimist, but he is not blind to the downside of his creation. What happens next is another question.
- aestetix 8y agoI stopped reading when I got to this point, because it is clearly an opinion piece masked as news. Regardless of whether I agree with the opinion, because it is classed improperly I can't take anything else in it seriously.
- icebraining 8y agoThere's no masking, this is simply an op-ed. It's fairly clear even from the title (news are usually titled as "this happened" rather than "this should happen").