An interesting parallel: the early days of the Internet assumed universal competence in a way like this piece describes. Postel's law says "Be liberal in what y

An interesting parallel: the early days of the Internet assumed universal competence in a way like this piece describes. Postel's law says "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send." Relying on competence didn't last long though. The internet has essentially no regulation. It's firewalls that protect against those who are "liberal" in what they send and voracious in what they accept. There's some planning, but it's not centralized except in the large-scale walled gardens like mobile service providers and the big cloud providers.