https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/tags/internet/ Recent content in Internet on Nikhil's blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:22:00 +0000 https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/post/2012/im-scared-for-internet/ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:22:00 +0000 https://master--suspicious-stonebraker-7d2d21.netlify.app/post/2012/im-scared-for-internet/ (This article was written for Entelechy Edition 33 (February 2012). The news is slightly old, but posted here so I have a public permalink to the article) When the Internet began over 30 odd years ago, it was an ideal of democracy. Born in universities, where only meritrocracy ruled, it was used by hackers whose ideals were very egalitarian. In its very protocols, the Internet encodes equality. No piece of data is considered more important or more dangerous than any other.