Author Tim Berners-Lee expresses the importance of having the internet, especially because of its massive global network connecting people, governments, data, research and more. He breaks down the basic fundamentals of how “the web is an application that runs on the internet (83)”, the separation between them, and uncovering the onion layers of the internet’s process. However, he goes more specifically into detail about the tight control certain governments & businesses have over what they want their viewers to see and limit the amount of information or browsing they can use. I agree with his belief that the primary purpose of the web and internet is to serve its viewers (us), so having a tight rein on what we are able to view and learn on this widely connected digital world, goes against that.
Ingrid Burrington’s article is an interesting piece that focuses on describing how the internet is everywhere, moving 24/7, and is delivered through fragments. I particularly liked the ending part describing how we are all connected with that cell towers located miles away just out of the corner of our eye, just in another world (digital). As well as the fiber-optic cables embedded underneath our railroads and highways allowing us to be connected with others on the go, able to send that email to a colleague in another country, and post on social media.
These two readings have similar things in common like: the internet and it’s amazing network that can be accessed almost everywhere, all the time, connecting people from across the globe, sending important research to other research facilities, sending that important text while on the road, etc. Its presence is from another platform, able to reach us in the physical (world), and luring us into the depths of the digital world, The power and network the internet has can definitely satisfy how Huang puts it — satisfying the primary purpose of the internet: respecting human values; humanity.