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The Eaters and the Eaten: My Hopes, My Fears

I want to see the World Wide Web help the world grow. I look forward to the possibilities that the WWW offers to me as a writer. I am excited about the way that the World Wide Web can make education reachable by all peoples. But mostly, I am excited about the way that the WWW, and social media in particular, offers the opportunity for people to unite their voices in a song for progress. Whether that progress is to the benefit of the Earth or the advancement in the evolution of its people, the possibilities for good are breathtaking. 

By contrast, the possibilities that lie in its darkness are soul crushing. As with all "governed" domains, the sheep can be lost in the plight of the wolf. I don't want to be a sheep, but I accept that in all but a few competencies, I am. And so is the majority of the population when it comes to the intricacies of the web. 

From the beginning, technologies have been made available to the government, academics and then the wealthy before the knowledge of its capabilities even reaches the consciousness of the general public. It continues on this path, stagnating any close in the poverty gap and threatening democracy. Although I find the concept of singularity frightening, I find the potential of the possibility that the few can outcast the many a more exhaustive and immediate concern. Considering that the dark web exists, I already wonder at how much that has already occurred.


If one were to view the Web as an alternate universe, then it seems fair to view the dark web as a third alternate. The world that exists there may very well be the center of control and the sheep can’t see it for the fence.

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