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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