Re: <nettime> an historic retreat

[morlockelloi@yahoo.com]

This seems like beneficial evolution from central authority to multiple 
authorities, and in the future probably to the truly decentralized 
personal level, as technology advancements begin to support smaller 
entities controlling their own namespaces and the routing.

The Internet was never like broadcast ether, it was just presented that 
way. Imagine if the air was subject to the mechanics of the Internet: 
you talk to several people in the room, but some can't hear you, because 
the air operator didn't feel like it. You act surprised, indignated, and 
then you complain to the government. All because of your own ignorance 
about how the air works, and your own gullibility to buy into the air 
marketing.

Internet is not like air, and will never be. Decentralization is a good 
thing, and the sooner the public perception of the Internet gets closer 
to reality, the better.

Of course, the newly empowered fiefdoms will never agree to further 
delegate the authority to their subjects, but it will happen to them as 
it happened to ICANN. Expect to see the exodus of Internet luminaries 
parasiting on the current centralized system into new subdomains. That's 
where the money is.

> take place in a manner which would "Support and enhance the 
> multistakeholder model". This should be seen in the context 
> of the USG's statement to the


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