I agree. I wouldn't hesitate in saying that regionalizing the internet would constitute the largest destruction of current and potential future knowledge in the history of civilization because of:
1) Loss of cooperation 2) Isolation of knowledge leading to its duplication 3) Stagnation of specialist knowledge 4) Promotion of other knowledge-destroying agents, like software patents
What this highlights is the need for international treaties that forbid short sighted politicians from legislating to this effect in specific countries.
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I agree. I wouldn't hesitate in saying that regionalizing the internet would constitute the largest destruction of current and potential future knowledge in the history of civilization because of:
1) Loss of cooperation
2) Isolation of knowledge leading to its duplication
3) Stagnation of specialist knowledge
4) Promotion of other knowledge-destroying agents, like software patents
What this highlights is the need for international treaties that forbid short sighted politicians from legislating to this effect in specific countries.