This. I am afraid, though, that a small number of academics recognizing and articulating the "crisis discipline" nature of this issue is too little to late. In

This. I am afraid, though, that a small number of academics recognizing and articulating the "crisis discipline" nature of this issue is too little to late. In the short term it seems that we will likely experience a haphazard balkanization of the "global digital commons". State entities now realize how much is at stake and will resort to known patterns to regain control but the outcome could range from comical to frightening. As the pandemic experience showed already (and the climate crisis will continue showing at each turn) it will be hard to solve *any* real collective problem before we address how we exchange information at scale.