The future of the internet and how to stop it harvard dash. Klaus schwab, executive chairman and founder of the world economic forum. The future of the internet is not a positive one, unless we all work collaboratively to ensure its lasting success. Its an interesting read and i recommend you pick it up despite what ill say about it in a moment. That would serve as a rough summary of the thesis jonathan zittrain, cyberlaw professor at oxford, seeks to defend. This is clear on the second page of the future of the internet, where jonathan. Jan 01, 2008 the future of the internet and how to stop it is, to me, a warning. The future of the internet and how to stop it by jonathan l. The internets current trajectory is one of lost opportunity. Its a klaxon calling to arms everyone who believes that platforms open to user innovation should. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovationand facilitating unsettling new kinds of control. Be wary of saas and internetconnected appliances, and its a good thing if the legal innovation never catches up with technological innovation. Book launch for jonathan zittrains the future of the internet.
Author of the future of the internet and how to stop it. This counterrevolution would push mainstream users away from a generative internet that fosters. It would be very useful to witness the combination of the local websites with the international websites. Zittrains new book, the future of the internetand how to stop it, sounds an alarm of its own. Jonathan zittrain is the george bemis professor of international law at harvard law school and the harvard kennedy school of government, professor of. Jonathan zittrain the future of the internet and how to.
Zittrains analysis is firstclass and should be widely heeded by leaders from all sectors of society. Apr 15, 2008 jonathan zittrain the future of the internet and how to stop it video posted on april 15, 2008 may 22, 2008 by joly here is video of jonathan zittrains talk last friday. Jonathan zittrain the future of the internet youtube. Jul 23, 2008 ive just finished reading jonathan zittrain s the future of the internet and how to stop it, a provocative, wellreasoned, wellinformed and sometimes frustrating book about the power of the. Zittrains the future of the internet how to save the. Jonathan zittrain jonathan zittrain, professor of internet governance and regulation at oxford university, on how the internet is influencing journalism. The generative capacity for unrelated and unaccredited audiences to build and distribute code and content through the internet to its tens of millions of attached personal computers has ignited growth and innovation in information technology and has facilitated new creative endeavors. The internet is just a few decades old, but in that short span of time it has experienced significant changes. In the web counterrevolution that jonathan zittrain foresees, users will lose the ability to control content, companies will gain the power to censor data, and security will trump innovation. The book can be viewed in an experimental html format courtesy of yale university press and the people. Jonathan zittrain, the future of the internet and how to stop it the book is available to download under a creative commons attribution noncommercial sharealike 3.
Its not just about computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones anymore. Summary of findings at a glance a broadranging survey of technology leaders, scholars, industry officials, and interested members of the public finds that most experts expect attacks on the network infrastructure in the coming decade. Aug 11, 2010 the internet is an extension of our senses and our minds, and its progress is propelled by our own creative and intellectual efforts. Jonathan zittrain s book is a muchneeded antidote to this selfimposed blindness. The future of the internet will be shaped by millions of choices and decisions by people from all walks of life. Zittrain born 24 december 1969 is an american professor of internet law and the.
The future of the internetand how to stop it zittrain, jonathan on. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Download future of the internet and how to stop it. It grew out of a hodgepodge of independent networks into a global entity. Jun 12, 2008 future of journalism future of journalism. Jonathan zittrain is the george bemis professor of international law at harvard law school.
It changes the whole debate about law and the internet. Jonathan zittrain 95, the internet is closing, was published in the dec. Jonathan zittrain, chair in internet governance and regulation at the oxford internet institute argues that with the unwitting help of its users, the. The future of the internet and how to stop it is a major work of business, legal and policy research that will be less accessible to most people, but important to those looking to understand the future direction of todays ecommerce world. One policy approach embraces generative devices and services that. In the future of the internet he claims that it is in danger in a more subtle way. Internet connection image gallery what does our crystal ball say about the future of the internet. The world economic forum launched the future of the internet initiative fii in 2015 to help strengthen trust and expand cooperation on internet related challenges and opportunities. The internet is reshaping public and private sector structures, creating new markets for. The internet of things is the umbrella term and, yes, you can. Abstract this extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the internet from backwater to ubiquityand reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. Then it would be not that easy for the government to close the website, if some problems occur.
The list of smart devices includes washing machines, robotic vacuum cleaners, door locks, toys, and toasters. The future of the internetand how to stop it jonathan. Research interests include battles for control of digital property and content, cryptography, cybersecurity and privacy, the roles of intermediaries within internet architecture, human computing, artificial intelligence, and the useful and unobtrusive deployment of technology in education. Jonathan zittrain, who is affiliated with oxford university and harvards berkman center, recently released a provocatively titled book. Did net neutrality just kill the possibility of a free. Jonathan zittrains book is a muchneeded antidote to this selfimposed. The future of the internet according to jonathan zittrain. Rather than trying to ignore the uncomfortable parts of what the net has become, zittrain puts the crud right in the center.
Ipods, iphones, xboxes, and tivos represent the first wave of internetcentered products that cant be easily modified by anyone except their vendors or selected partners. He is also the author of the future of the internet and how. Zittrain born 24 december 1969 is an american professor of internet law and the george bemis professor of international law at harvard law school. This book explores the past, present, and future of the internet. It radically reorients the work of the nets legal scholars. Designers and programmers like us have the advantage of technical skill and specialized knowledge. Generativity is a systems capacity to produce unanticipated change through unfiltered contributions from broad and varied audiences. Ukrainian websites should be integrated with the international websites. Its a gloomy scenario that his new book future of the internet, says is already underway.
I kept waiting for the big explanation of how to stop the potentially bad future of the internet, and the author never really delivered on that. And how to stop it jonathan zittrain explores the dangers the internet faces if it fails to balance ever more tightly controlled technologies with the flow of innovation that has generated so much progress in the field of technology. Zittrain, the future of the internet and how to stop it. It explains why some crucial, commonplace ingredients of the net such as the generic, reprogrammable pc are likely soon to be replaced, not just complemented, by a new range of information appliances and corresponding web 2. Future of the internetand how to stop it yale university press.
He is the author of the future of the internet and how to stop it, as well as coeditor of the books. Why does harvard law professor jonathan zittrain want to stop. Jun, 2009 t he problem facing books about the internet is that by the time they have hit the shelves, they are already dated. Mar 18, 2015 did net neutrality just kill the possibility of a free internet, or pave the way for it. Id fully intended to read the book covertocover, perhaps even digest the content a little, before throwing my thoughts out there presumably to get lost into the vast sea of crap that makes up the. The future of internet as ubiquitous as internet technologies are today, the pieces are in place for a wholesale shift away from the original chaotic design that has given rise to the modern information revolution. The internet came about about because it had the element of generativity. The future of the internet and how to stop it, by jonathan zittrain ren bucholz jonathan zittrains important contribution to the field of cyberlaw and technology policy claims that we are at a crossroads in the history of technology.