World Wide Web

Julian Ring celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web .

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Tim Berners-Lee and Individual Freedom

Katrina Brooker interviewed Tim Berners-Lee, the scientist who helped develop the standards of the Internet. Now that half of the world population has some type of Internet access, Berners-Lee expresses anger at how the technology has been used:

...the Web had failed instead of served humanity, as it was supposed to have done, and failed in many places. [The increasing centralization of the Web] ended up producing—with no deliberate action of the people who designed the platform—a large-scale emergent phenomenon which is anti-human.

Berners-Lee expresses concern about the growth of both Internet firms and government agencies that eliminate individual's privacy or promote hidden agendas.

Berners-Lee is now working on technologies for decentralizing information, including software called Solid. Disciples are developing protocols to create a Web of Trust, such as ActivityPub.

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Predictions for the Web in 2039

Nathaniel Borenstein recalls the early days of the Internet in this video clip, and then makes predictions about the implications of connectivity over the next 25 years.

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Internet of Things -- Network Concerns

Jon Gold reports that MIT panel warns of challenges of hyper-networked world. Problems include the exhaustion of IP4 addresses and TCP with wireless technology.

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