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Brewster Kahle | Locking the Web Open

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Oct 29, 2021
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ANECDOTE

Casual Dystopia: A Family Observation

  • Brewster Kahle shares his son's view of China as 'casual dystopia' due to pervasive surveillance.
  • He uses this to illustrate how convenience often trades off privacy on modern platforms.
INSIGHT

Web Achieved Fun But Not Trust

  • The web is fun and participatory but fails on reliability and privacy.
  • Brewster Kahle argues we only achieved one of three goals: fun, not reliability or privacy.
INSIGHT

Centralization Enables Control And Censorship

  • Centralization creates single points of control and surveillance in publishing and platforms.
  • Kahle notes archives and journals become inaccessible or controlled when concentrated in one actor's hands.
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