>That will hasten the demise of the internet as a democratic medium I think you are more or less right, unfortunately. Neal Stephenson's sci-fi book Fall, or D

>That will hasten the demise of the internet as a democratic medium I think you are more or less right, unfortunately. Neal Stephenson's sci-fi book Fall, or Dodge In Hell, contemplated this possibility and suggested we would develop an entirely new layer to the internet based entirely on verified human identities to kind of re-create the internet.