By Spring 2001, @WIRED coverage was thinking through the aftermath of the Dotcom boom. Articles by @chipbayers on lessons from failed startups, and from Charles Platt on pricy broadband.
The Platt piece is framed as a rejection of 90s tech visionaries... (1/2) #wiredarchive
The Platt piece is framed as a rejection of 90s tech visionaries... (1/2) #wiredarchive
Platt is arguing that George Gilder, Stewart Brand, and John Perry Barlow were all wrong about the new economics of digital information. (All three made these arguments in the pages of 90s WIRED.)
“broadband will destroy (...) the egalitarian vision of the Internet.” (2/3)
“broadband will destroy (...) the egalitarian vision of the Internet.” (2/3)
Part of what’s so fascinating here is thinking about what comes next.
Platt is right that we’re about to start paying for broadband.
But just out of view are the webloggers. And a new website called Wikipedia has just been launched a few months earlier. (3/4)
Platt is right that we’re about to start paying for broadband.
But just out of view are the webloggers. And a new website called Wikipedia has just been launched a few months earlier. (3/4)
The egalitarian vision of the Internet isn’t killed by broadband. Instead, that egalitarian vision migrates up the internet stack.
Voluntary peer production/web 2.0 is about to arrive. But all those volunteers will be paying Comcast for Internet access.
Voluntary peer production/web 2.0 is about to arrive. But all those volunteers will be paying Comcast for Internet access.
