The Internet: Time to Bulldoze and Start Fresh

quote : " The first step is all members of the PrivateNet must prove their identities."

hmmmmmmmm......sounds like George Orwells 1984 'big brother' to me ....isn't ?

So many things are today ;-)

If the book had been called 2004 he would be considered a prophet. As if he shouldn't be already.

How many ISPs can you name that allow you to sign up and pay anonymously? (I know, reading TFA is just a distraction...)

If the author wants a gated network, just sign up for AOL and don't roam outside it's walled garden of advertising. There used to be things like CompuServe and Prodigy that offered the same thing.

Of course, being gated to keep bad guys out also means you are kept in.

You can easily set up a private network and only let in who you want. That's what corporations do. Hell, that's what I do at home. But I don't want to block all interaction with the Internet.

I don't see the Internet as a slum. It mirrors the real world. Yes, there are slums, but there are nice areas, too, where people can interact without harming each other. I'd rather engage the world, good and bad, than be disconnected from it.

I concur

I subscribe to the thought that if you don't like what is on T.V., don't watch it. I don't watch T.V. because I choose too. Not because I let someone else choose for me what I like or do not like.

Like slippery says; "I'd rather engage the world, good and bad, than be disconnected from it.".

I couldn't agree more.