The article “Long Live the Web” stresses it’s important to distinguish the internet and the web. The web can change and renew while the internet exists in the background. This is just like how Berners-Lee compares this to the gadgets that rely on electronic network and electronic network itself. By separating the web and the internet, the development space for innovation will grow. Therefore, we need to ensure the openness of the website, it drives diversity in web design and liberty for people. However, even though we have achieved a lot on the internet, we need to pay attention to personal safety on the internet. Users’ data may not be completely wiped out from the internet when they think they already delete them all. Furthermore, this data may be used by others who might sell the users’ information.
In “A Network of Fragments”, Burrington writes about the internet infrastructure. The cloud, as Burrington explains, can only be seen in fragments. Fiber, for example, is buried in the ground, usually along the highway where vehicles don’t usually stop, that’s why people don’t see them often. Even though towers are mostly built in open areas, the placards on them are opaque. The stories provided by fibers and towers are not as sufficient as data centers do. This reminds me of the picture of a beach, where it is also the place of the world most important data center. The internet is something we cannot live without, but it’s also something we can never see physically.