Re: [projectvrm] The Internet's Original Sin (from the Atlantic)

["Larry W. Smith" < >]

The article referenced is worth a read as well:

http://idlewords.com/bt14.htm

This is the text version of a talk I gave on May 20, 2014, at Beyond Tellerrand in Düsseldorf, Germany.

1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE INTERNET REMEMBERS TOO MUCH
3. THE WEB HAS A CENTER
4. EVERYONE IS SPYING
5. THE FOUNDATIONS ARE ROTTEN
6. REGULATE
7. DECENTRALIZE
8. DE-AMERICANIZE
9. CONCLUSION

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INTRODUCTION Marc [Thiele] emailed me a few weeks ago to ask if I thought my talk would be appropriate to close the conference. "Marc," I told him, "my talk is perfect for closing the conference! The first half is this incredibly dark rant about how the Internet is alienating and inhuman, how it's turning us all into lonely monsters.” “But in the second half, I'll turn it around and present my vision of an alternative future. I'll get the audience fired up like a proper American motivational speaker. After the big finish, we'll burst out of the conference hall into the streets of Düsseldorf, hoist the black flag, and change the world.” Marc said that sounded fine. As I was preparing this talk, however, I found it getting longer and longer. In the interests of time, I'm afraid I'm only going to be able to present the first half of it today. This leaves me with a problem of tone.

On Aug 16, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Doc Searls < "> > wrote:

fwiw, Ethan vetted that piece with friends, including me, before it went up. Highly recommended.

Doc

On Aug 16, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Tom Crowl < "> > wrote:

The Internet's Original Sin - It's not too late to ditch the ad-based business model and build a better web.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/advertising-is-the-internets-original-sin/376041/

At the end of this (long) article, Zuckerman endorses a low-friction micropayment system. As do I...

Tom Crowl

http://CulturalEngineer.blogspot.com