Comment Knowledge destruction! (Score 1) 433
I agree. I wouldn't hesitate in saying that regionalizing the internet would constitute the largest destruction of current and potential future knowledge in the history of civilization because of:
1) Loss of cooperation
2) Isolation of knowledge leading to its duplication
3) Stagnation of specialist knowledge
4) Promotion of other knowledge-destroying agents, like software patents
What this highlights is the need for international treaties that forbid short sighted politicians from legislating to this effect in specific countries.
1) Loss of cooperation
2) Isolation of knowledge leading to its duplication
3) Stagnation of specialist knowledge
4) Promotion of other knowledge-destroying agents, like software patents
What this highlights is the need for international treaties that forbid short sighted politicians from legislating to this effect in specific countries.
