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Today, as the second bubble slowly deflates, the network has evolved from curiosity to necessity, and as such is under greater threat than ever before.
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Those fighting for its freedom–no matter the size of their ego or potentially dubious nature of their intentions–have never been more brutally and broadly persecuted. Julian Assange is on lockdown, Kim Dotcom awaits extradition, and Aaron Schwartz, at just 26, became a tragedy.
In countries like China, Bahrain, and, of course, North Korea, firewalls and filters prevail. As nations quietly wage cyberwar, our infrastructure and systems have never been less secure. And individuals have become tiny nodes pushed to the fringe, tethered to an authoritarian central server, where freedoms are readily compromised so that the machine can keep on humming.
IN THE NAME OF CONVENIENCE, WE'VE SURRENDERED OUR DATA. AND IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS, WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE EVEN CARE