The Interet founder and his thoughts.

Chairman Markey, Ranking Member Upton, and Members of the Committee. It is my honor to appear before you today to discuss the future of the World Wide Web. I would like to offer some of my experience of having designed the original foundations of the Web, what I've learned from watching it grow, and some of the exciting and challenging developments I see in the future of the Web. Though I was privileged to lead the effort that gave rise to the Web in the mid-1990s, it has long passed the point of being something designed by a single person or even a single organization. It has become a public resource upon which many individuals, communities, companies and governments depend. And, from its beginning, it is a medium that has been created and sustained by the cooperative efforts of people all over the world.
The special care we extend to the World Wide Web comes from a long tradition that democracies have of protecting their vital communications channels. We nurture and protect our information networks because they stand at the core of our economies, our democracies, and our cultural and personal lives. Of course, the imperative to assure the free flow of information has only grown given the global nature of the Internet and Web. As a Federal judge said in defense of freedom of expression on the Internet:
The Internet is a far more speech-enhancing medium than print, the village green, or the mails.... The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation.[1]
The three crucial factors of the World Wide Web that got it where it is today are:
A. Universal linking: Anyone can connect to anyone, any page can link to any page B. Open Foundation for Information-driven Innovation C. Separation of Layers to allow simultaneous but autonomous innovation to occur at many levels all at once
One of the main reasons the internet has got where it is today is how easy it is to make a web page. Basically a web page is just standard HTML and the web is just a collection of all these web pages linked together
How ever
The Web is Not Complete
The Web is by no means finished.
The Web, and everything which happens on it, rest on two things: technological protocols, and social conventions. The technological protocols, like HTTP and HTML, determine how computers interact. Social conventions, such as the incentive to make links to valuable resources, or the rules of engagement in a social networking web site, are about how people like to, and are allowed to, interact.
So how do we plan for a better future, better for society?
We ensure that that both technological protocols and social conventions respect basic values. That Web remains a universal platform: independent of any specific hardware device, software platform, language, culture, or disability. That the Web does not become controlled by a single company -- or a single country.


My Response

This is a very insightful article from the man himself who has given us the internet. The entity that we all know and love. The basis of what he is saying is that the internet has got to where it is today because we, the users have been pushing it there. Simple knowledge, the introduction of web 2.0 and social networking has sparked a boom in the internet where every one who’s any one has their own web page enabling people to contact people any where on the planet as long as they have an internet connection.

But I ask you, do you not think that the internet will falter humanities progress? How often have you found yourself sitting down to do home work then slowly but surely dragging the curser over to the internet to type in www.myspace.com. I for one can say, many a time. Hell im surprised im not on Myspace now to be honest. With the internet come many advantages, such as a boost in communication, knowledge and technological design. But it also comes with its bad points. Such as the lack of proper conversation, Myspace comments, don’t exactly count, people losing their grips on reality as they act as hermits playing the latest expansion pack to the MMORPG World of Warcraft and downloading copyrighted content are some of the cons of the net.



So with the good comes the bad. No doubtedly the internet will constantly expand maybe with out us in the future.

Alex out!