It would be interesting if the internet was born fully formed. If there was not an embedded base of people "thinking it was like it used to be". My guess is it

It would be interesting if the internet was born fully formed. If there was not an embedded base of people "thinking it was like it used to be". My guess is it may have never got off the ground. But now that there is sufficient momentum behind a paradigm that makes people predictable (ie, the "old way"), the confidence has been built up to perfectly suit people taking advantage of this very predictability. For the most part, this revolves around "free", "anonymous", "open", etc. The powers that be do not want these things to exist...for the very reason that money is to be made by selling the picks and shovels to those who dream they may one day achieve these things. Heaven forbid you provide this to them, they would then be outside the system of tribute to those who just happen to be in charge.