For as long as the general population remains as computer illiterate as they are today no amount of encryption or decentrialising will save the internet. Despi

For as long as the general population remains as computer illiterate as they are today no amount of encryption or decentrialising will save the internet. Despite its growing importance, the topic of computing is completely ignored at school. They teach the kids how to click on a few icons on Microsoft Word and Excel and PowerPoint, they graduate and become adults and think they know about computing. We have trained people to not learn anything of substance about computers, just click on this button, and push that button ... easy. There's only so far that stuff goes. When they teach you calculus, you don't turn around and tell the mathematicians "oh well ... just go make it easier for me this is not user-friendly". But with software no one is willing to take a single step towards learning some basic principles. So we end up making sacrifices because people can't be bothered with anything more complex than pushing this big green button right here. A better internet requires a population that understands some basic principles and is therefore willing to put some effort in protecting themselves.