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#The Internet is an integral part of modern life–a key component in education, communication, collaboration, business, entertainment and society as a whole. | :#The Internet is an integral part of modern life–a key component in education, communication, collaboration, business, entertainment and society as a whole. | ||
#The Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible. | #The Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible. | ||
#The Internet should enrich the lives of individual human beings. | #The Internet should enrich the lives of individual human beings. | ||
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We think there are a few key characteristics of a better Internet: | ;We think there are a few key characteristics of a better Internet: | ||
*Transparency | :*Transparency | ||
**An open Internet makes it easier for people to collaborate, innovate and share. | **An open Internet makes it easier for people to collaborate, innovate and share. | ||
*Participation | *Participation | ||
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What do you mean by a "better Internet?" | :What do you mean by a "better Internet?" | ||
Increasingly, the internet is becoming our global commons: a critical public resource over a billion people use every day to learn, innovate, trade, befriend and play. | ;Increasingly, the internet is becoming our global commons: a critical public resource over a billion people use every day to learn, innovate, trade, befriend and play. | ||
We believe four key characteristics have helped build and make this global commons great: | We believe four key characteristics have helped build and make this global commons great: | ||
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:Technologies like personal computers that have the capacity to produce unprompted, user-driven change. For example, on a PC any person can write code, run that code on a variety of platforms, and share that code with anyone who might want it. In general, generative technologies are useful for performing tasks, adaptable, easy to master, permission-free, and share-able. In the name of security consumers are increasingly moving away from generative technologies like the PC and towards tethered ones like the iPhone. | :Technologies like personal computers that have the capacity to produce unprompted, user-driven change. For example, on a PC any person can write code, run that code on a variety of platforms, and share that code with anyone who might want it. In general, generative technologies are useful for performing tasks, adaptable, easy to master, permission-free, and share-able. In the name of security consumers are increasingly moving away from generative technologies like the PC and towards tethered ones like the iPhone. | ||
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== The web, and openness == | == The web, and openness == | ||