I know it seems reductive, but in the early 90s there was a serious discussion about NAT. NAT bifurcates the internet into producers and consumers. naturally ev

I know it seems reductive, but in the early 90s there was a serious discussion about NAT. NAT bifurcates the internet into producers and consumers. naturally everyone looking to monetize the internet thought this was just fine, even desirable. and almost all the people who actually built the internet were aghast. ubiquitous reachability was the goal, not making a new form a television. the details wrt social media etc were unknown, but the path we were taking was quite clear.