A better way to phrase it is: The birth of the internet (1969) is closer to the birth of television (1927) than it is to today.
The birth of the internet and the birth of the world wide web are two differnet things though: The world wide web started in 1989.
Why do I have August 6, 1991 on my mind for “the world wide web switches on”?
That was the day he opened it up to the world. 1989 was when he got it working at CERN, and it was released into the public domain in 1993.
If you think about it, every tech is just radio. And I don’t just mean cellular, wifi, and bluetooth, There are few things on an SoC that aren’t just refinements and miniaturizations of radio tech.
IMO modulation is wildly different than radio.
It’s all based on the same mathematical model. And since it’s not profitable to make real progress in technology when you’re already making money from it, it’s all a very similar concept of the same technology. Capitalism sure is swell 🙃
Interesting that there has yet to be a ‘new’ media to supplant internet. I wonder what it would look like, vr / ar doesn’t seem to have any traction
Nothing has come along to replace the Internet because we didn’t elect Al Gore, he hasn’t had the platform to develop a replacement to his original invention of the Internet.
5G mesh stations in everyone’s backyard
It’s funny. VR is AMAZING!!!
I mean holy shit. Have you tried it? My first thought was “this is where software development is at, all else is weak”. It’s like LSD vs tapwater.
But it ain’t convenient. I think that’s the issue.
Until we have brainchips or video contacts or something.
Considering what STEMLords are like these days, I wouldn’t expect reasonable people to trust any of that brain implant shit ever. I will certainly be teaching my kids to say no to it.
I don’t know what kind of manipulation or mind control is even actually possible with current OR future tech, but to think it wouldn’t be used to the extent possible to exert control is via a brain implant is, at best, lacking “post-nut clarity” about the so-called Information Age.
“The internet” is a > layer 2 technology, radio and TV transmission would all be layer 2 if you applied the OSI model. And layer 2 tech has rapidly changed since the initial creation of the internet.
ARPANET started off on dedicated phone lines essentially (and maybe microwaves). When normal people started using it it was mostly done on their actual phone line with a modem. Then we started getting tech like ISDN, T1, DSL, cable and, Fiber. Nevermind internal networking which went through a wild ride in the 90s before setting on the twisted pair that we have now.
https://youtu.be/Hvqv9QcTcfA?t=93 I mean just look at how comically large an original “thicknet” cable was. It was like an inch thick.
While it’s true that the internet is technically a closer peer of radio and TV, I think OP is right to focus on the web.
The web and email are the internet’s main public applications. They’re governed by open formats and protocols, just like the underlying internet is. In order to publish or to send, you don’t need permission from anyone. That is not the case with social media or mobile OSs, which generally use closed-source software or proprietary protocols or both.
It’s no coincidence that social platforms come and go but the web is still there, or that the “w” in the name is now generally spelled in lowercase just as happened with the “i” in Internet. Open standards always win in the end.
