Article: Is The Internet History?s Greatest Hoax?
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Is The Internet History?s Greatest Hoax?
For a while there, the Internet and the World Wide Web showed great promise. They whispered sweet nothings in our ears, promising to be the voice of the marginalized, the new democracy, the great equalizer.
But it wasn?t to be, for the Internet has a new master. No, it?s not Google. No, it?s not Microsoft. And no, it?s not even good ole? Uncle Sam. They?re just caretakers. The Internet?s new master is bigger than they?ll ever be, and far, far older.
Meet the master
The Internet?s new master is the same master who holds the leash of all traditional commercial media.
The Internet?s new master is money and power. Not the capacity to earn money or the capacity to increase power (although those are certainly nice fringe-benefits). No, ...
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