Vint doesn't say what he means by 'Internet', and I think that his argument fails on a sufficiently broad definition of Internet. The Internet is 'just a techn

Vint doesn't say what he means by 'Internet', and I think that his argument fails on a sufficiently broad definition of Internet. The Internet is 'just a technology' if you define it as a network of nodes which communicate using Internet Protocol. That may have been the original meaning of the term as Vint planned the early work, but that meaning is not what it means to most people. In modern usage, the open Internet is a global network that allows data to be passed between any two hosts without requiring that third parties authorise the content of that data. Under that definition, the Internet is a concept synonymous with uncensored automated communication, rather than a specific technology; these concepts are capable of surviving into the future even if the hardware and software protocols layered on it change drastically.