Symmetry, Control, and Progress

Posted by Richard

A friend asked me what I thought about Doc Searls’ latest essay on the evolution of the Internet and as I happened to be reading it already, I’ve written a few disjointed notes. The short version of my reaction is that it’s sad that everybody with an axe to grind about technology, politics, or business [...]

Misunderstanding the Internet

Posted by Richard

The mistaken idea that Internet architecture is “End-to-End” has cropped up again, this time on the Doc Searls blog, with a reference to some orders to the FCC from Larry Lessig, who’s not especially empowered to make them. While there are many problems with using the FCC to impose this view (like, um, the fact [...]

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