[strogonoff]

Our open web is as sustainable as anything open: that is, it’s perfectly sustainable as long as people are not being jerks[0].

However, unlike most other open things that are subject to physical constraints, the Web is global—and globally there is a huge discrepancy in quality of life, level of education, mental health, freedom of thought, etc.

Which might mean that the ratio of figurative jerks relative to non-jerks stands to increase for as long as we have countries that are oppressed, poor, or otherwise score abysmally in relevant regards—or as long as we have global, open Web.

Either of those things will change, I personally hope that the former does.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons