> humans will have to build entirely new technologies to replace the old World Wide Web, with real-world identity checks to enable access to it, and so on "Ent

> humans will have to build entirely new technologies to replace the old World Wide Web, with real-world identity checks to enable access to it, and so on "Entirely new technologies"? In plenty of countries the exact world wide web you're using right now already works that way. China and South Korea, to name two.