{"id":376,"date":"2010-11-24T01:12:44","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T00:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orfeu.org\/2010\/11\/24\/the-web-is-not-dead-if-you-believe-scientific-american-not-wired-by-mark-fischetti\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:53:05","slug":"the-web-is-not-dead-if-you-believe-scientific-american-not-wired-by-mark-fischetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josemota.pt\/sr\/the-web-is-not-dead-if-you-believe-scientific-american-not-wired-by-mark-fischetti\/","title":{"rendered":"The Web is (not) dead&#8230;if you believe Scientific American, not Wired, by Mark Fischetti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Amp_Commentary_Wrap\">\n<div class=\"Amp_Post_Text\">Another worth read on why we should be aware of the current &#8220;assault&#8221; on the open web and the efforts to take back control from users and into the hands of communications, media and publishing corporations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Amp_Content_Outer\">\n<div class=\"Amp_Top_Wrap\">\n<div class=\"Amp_Source_First\">Amplify\u2019d from <a title=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=the-web-is-not-deadif-you-believe-s-2010-11-22\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/observations\/the-web-is-not-dead-if-you-believe-scientific-american-not-wired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"clipsource noopener\">www.scientificamerican.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Amp_Middle_Wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"Amp_Content_Item\" cite=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=the-web-is-not-deadif-you-believe-s-2010-11-22\">\n<table  class=\" table table-hover\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Too often, we don&#8217;t appreciate what we have until it&#8217;s gone. That could happen with the World Wide Web\u2014unless we protect the basic principles on which the Web is built.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"Amp_Content_Item\" cite=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=the-web-is-not-deadif-you-believe-s-2010-11-22\">\n<table  class=\" table table-hover\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Protecting the Web&#8217;s principles is critical not merely to the digital revolution but to our continued prosperity, our free speech, even our liberty. It is also necessary if the Web is to bring us much more online power than it already does.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"Amp_Content_Item\" cite=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=the-web-is-not-deadif-you-believe-s-2010-11-22\">\n<table  class=\" table table-hover\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>The reason the Web has remained open is because Berners-Lee, and the Web consortium, have protected the founding principles. Is society so crass that it won&#8217;t stand up for ideals that go beyond a profit motive? Many more truly human benefits, as well as commercial successes, can come from an open Web than from a commercially controlled Web. <span class=\"Amp_Source_Button\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=the-web-is-not-deadif-you-believe-s-2010-11-22\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/observations\/the-web-is-not-dead-if-you-believe-scientific-american-not-wired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"clipsource noopener\">Read more at www.scientificamerican.com<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Amp_Link\">See this Amp at <a href=\"http:\/\/amplify.com\/u\/fyui\">http:\/\/amplify.com\/u\/fyui<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another worth read on why we should be aware of the current &#8220;assault&#8221; on the open web and the efforts to take back control from users and into the hands of communications, media and publishing corporations. Amplify\u2019d from www.scientificamerican.com Too often, we don&#8217;t appreciate what we have until it&#8217;s gone. 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