> You know what else isn't public spirited or democratic? The internet. And we've seen in 2016 how great it really is when it leaks into the physical world. >

> You know what else isn't public spirited or democratic? The internet. And we've seen in 2016 how great it really is when it leaks into the physical world. > I think for the most part the internet works much better than the physical world And it works abysmally poor in crucial areas. The internet has turbocharged child porn distribution, using such private fiefdoms you romanticize as safe havens -- out of reach for government agencies and thus quite often with impunity for the perpetrators. (And that's not even taking the real-world implications of rising demand through near effortless accessability and anonymity into account.) > Reddit gets to run itself the way reddit wants, HN the way HN wants, etc. They can to that in the physical world, too. And in both worlds Reddit and HN still have to oblige laws and regulations.