The Future of the Internet is Being Decided Right Now. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The FCC passed its proposal (3-2 vote) and the public now has 120 days to comment. The proposal is likely to create a new web, one that allows for the creation of fast lanes and normal (read: slow) lanes, despite Tom Wheeler’s staunch claims to the contrary.The commission recognized that the Supreme Court even found the ISPs certainly have the ability to recognize and prioritize certain types of traffic over others.
Individuals that oppose the proposal, myself included, fear that the new rules will create needless and potentially insurmountable obstacles to innovation and open discussion on the internet. The threat is of creating an internet where normal service works but isn’t as good or being upgraded and maintained like the “fast lane”.
Want to stream all those videos in crisp 1080p or 4k? Sure, just pay for the premium service.
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A forceful argument against America's vicious circle of growing inequality by the Nobel Prize–winning economist.
America currently has the most inequality, and the least equality of opportunity, among the advanced countries. While market forces play a role in this stark picture, politics has shaped those market forces. In this best-selling book, Nobel Prize–winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz exposes the efforts of well-heeled interests to compound their wealth in ways that have stifled true, dynamic capitalism. Along the way he examines the effect of inequality on our economy, our democracy, and our system of justice. Stiglitz explains how inequality affects and is affected by every aspect of national policy, and with characteristic insight he offers a vision for a more just and prosperous future, supported by a concrete program to achieve that vision. http://www.amazon.com/The-Price-Inequality-Endangers-ebook/dp/B007MKCQ30
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