It\u2019s that openness and accessibility of the Internet that we need to preserve if we want to see our brightest possible future.<\/p>\n
Of course, the Internet is no static thing \u2014 not in technology, use, management or culture.\u00a0 When the thinkingcat.com domain was first registered, it was during an era where people had login names that reflected their favourite activities, beverages, fictional characters, etc (as opposed to systematic e-mail addresses based on first and last names, for example).\u00a0\u00a0 As the Internet increasingly underpins our daily lives, we have greater expectations of reliability and security, and the question of who and how to govern the Internet in order to meet those needs (across geopolitical boundaries) promotes the expectation of change:\u00a0 in how the Internet is run, or how societies organize, or both.<\/p>\n
TechArk<\/h1>\n
Cross-industry collaboration has important precedents, but it is rarely completely spontaneous.\u00a0 I have worked on TechArk as a “centre for collaborative development of the Internet” (CCDI), cultivating cross-industry collaboration where and when needed, empowering individual organizations to make the Internet better.\u00a0 You can follow the activities and progress on the dedicated project site for TechArk:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.techark.org<\/a> .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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