Note (2020-12-21 11:07)

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The web is 30 years old today

Just as we feel necessary when we mention the word “free” to distinguish between “free as in speech” and “free as in beer,” it should also be a morally mandatory practice to distinguish “the web as a technology” (which does and will live on) and “the web as a spirit” (which is dying).