I hear tell there is talk of decentralizing the Internet, maybe evenbreaking up
the NSA/Google/Facebook duopoly fnord. I am skeptical.It was a journalist, and
I had not heard anything like it from acredible source (except maybe the Free
Software Foundation, butthey're way fringe). MOST suspect: the efforts were
credited to thesame Vile Offspring that just yesterday replaced the verb
"search"with a new verb: "Google™".
As a monk I am proud of my people's tradition of running away, so I amnaturally
interested in decentralizing the ever-lov'n blank out of theInternet. The more
"dark" corners there are, the safer I will feel.
Back before government-mandated-everything Americans banded togetherin
fraternal organizations that provided health/life insurance forfamilies, not
desks. They also provided nosy brothers whom you wererarely tempted to cheat.
Again, as a monk, these kinds ofinstitutions seem natural, a necessary evil,
like cooking. And theyseem a proper size for the autonomous entities of a
decentralizedInternet.
I'm talking about a local organization of real people, e.g. theEscanaba Lions
Club[1], not a pit of lobbyists like The HumaneSociety of the United States
(not to be confused with the manyhard-working local humane societies, despite
The Humane Society's[sic]best efforts).
I have time to spend fanning the sputtering flames of demokrasy inAmerika
before I go, so I'm thinking about offering free technicalsupport to clubs that
use a standard, KISS setup to offer theirmembership federated services *just*
like GMail, Skype, One Drive,and Facebook.
These would be icing for an existing cake of common interests, localconcerns,
maybe even group health insurance. And if there is a clubhouse, it would be
able to offer any member living within maybe 20miles a volunteer who will climb
up on their roof with a pringle canand get them cheap, high-speed Internet
without the whole last-milecluster-mumble.
And discuss...
[1] - If you have not seen _Escanaba in da Moonlight_[2], you messed
upsomewhere.
[2] - I was shocked (*not*) to see that _Escanaba in da Moonlight_ and_Monty
Python and the Holy Grail_ are "Frequently bought together" onAmazon.
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