In today’s word, access to the Web through the internet is becoming more of a necessity. Like Tim Berners Lee says in his “Long Live the Web”, “We take it for granted, expecting it to “be there” at any instant, like electricity”. He addresses the important role of the Web such as being a democratic platform for people and advocates to protect the freedom of speech. The progression of the Web along with the internet is going toward a path that Lee is unexpected. Originally, he created it for research and ultimately, to serve humanity. But now, it faces challenges such as censorship, limitation of competition that leads to innovation, and web neutrality. He demands the separation of the Web from the internet, so it is free from third party interference such as limiting the network speed of the users by the internet service provider to compete in the market. It is unfortunate to see that Lee has no control over the trajectory of his own creation. In writing this article, he attempts to reassure the principal that he created for the Web by seeking mutual cooperation from everyone.
Ingrid Burrington in his article “The Room Where the Internet was Born” focuses on the historical progression of ARPANET and the basis for the modern internet. The setting was set in a room at UCLA and it is made into a museum. It’s imagery as “really large, expensive, and intensively energy-consuming technology” really contrast with how the internet function today. It is only a decade that this once clunky machine that created the internet and shaped the way how we live today. The use of metaphor in comparing the internet to “the cloud” best fit the transformation of something physical into an invisible substance that is able to transfer information into the far distance.