| Agreed; this is not a generational issue, but a world-view issue. Centrally controlled versus free (as in freedom) and distributed. Centralized versus decentralized. The same kind of "battles" are happening this very moment around: - Food (organic/independent versus bio-industry) - Radio spectrum (free-for-all versus monopolies) - Currency (many distributed ones versus one central controlled world currency) - Identity (pseudonymous/anonymous versus centralized identity) - Equality (equal rights versus centralization of power) - Wealth (equally distributed versus concentrated to a few families) - Software (open source versus closed source) And so on... last decades, the trend seems to be toward centralization in each of them. However, for people to go along with that requires trust in the controlling entity. For example, trust that it is guided by a fair democratic process, or by "enlightened self-interest". |