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Because it works really well in the long term if it's ours. It means that innovation can come from many more people than if it were a regulated network. And tha
by perlgeek 13y ago
Because it works really well in the long term if it's ours. It means that innovation can come from many more people than if it were a regulated network. And that's not just a possibility, that has actually happened lots of times.
A possible contribution is "write a search engine", and see where Google is today.
- 001sky 13y agoIt means that innovation can come from many more people Like democracy, the purpose is not "efficiency" but epistimology. By opening up, we have the potential to get betting understanding of the world and tools to explore it. Granted, that brings risks (of abuse). But there are more abuses that those who seek to contol it will ultimately commit if for no other reason than the temptation (NSA, classic example).