Absolutely. The closest analogy is the social upheaval and changes in societal institutions resulting from the printing press. Read Clay Shirky's "Newspapers an

Absolutely. The closest analogy is the social upheaval and changes in societal institutions resulting from the printing press. Read Clay Shirky's "Newspapers and thinking the unthinkable" for a sketch of the impact of the internet. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20052407 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20052407 https://www.edge.org/conversation/clay_shirky-newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable https://www.edge.org/conversation/clay_shirky-newspapers-and...