The lost promise of the Internet: Meet the man who almost invented cyberspace - Salon.com - 0 views
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just as the unregulated frontier of the 19th century gave rise to the age of robber barons, so the Internet has seen a rapid consolidation of power in the hands of a few corporate winners.
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Otlet saw the Mundaneum as the central nervous system for a new world order rooted squarely in the public sector.
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That network would do more than just provide access to information; it would serve as a platform for collaboration between governments that would, Otlet believed, help create the necessary conditions for world peace.
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