...re of the Internet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale Uni... ...ternet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale University Pres... ... & London A Caravan book. For more information, visit www.caravanbooks.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of ... ...s.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of an open competition at www.worth1000.com. Copyright © 2008 by Jonathan... ... and the PC browsers to support them—both ini- tially noncommercial ventures—marked the beginning of the end of propri- etary information services and... ...electricity is an amazingly adaptable technology, as is plas- tic (hence the historical use of “plastic” to refer to notions of sculptability). 8 And ... ...hattan Project to bol- ster the Net for another round of success will not be marked by centralization so much as by focus: the application of money an... ...teen things it does, none of them are done particularly well.” Id. at 71. 8. Historically, the adjective “plastic” has meant “moldable” or “sculptable... ...are criticisms of such community initiatives. In this view, there need to be structures in place to protect minority views within the communities, oth...

...This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity?and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to ...