In the beginning — and by that I mean, say, 20 years ago — all was simple. The internet belonged to everyone and no one. It was a space free of state interference, a place for individuals to make their voices heard. The billions upon billions of digital connections defied national borders or crusty arguments about competing systems of political organisation. Oh, and the web promised untold riches for the technology geeks of Silicon Valley and beyond.
起初(我的意思是说,比如,20年前),一切都很简单。互联网属于每一个人,又不属于任何人。它是一个不受政府干预的空间,是一个让个人的声音得到聆听的地方。数不清的数字化连接打破了国家之间的边界,也化解了关于不同政治组织体系的持久争论。还有,互联网还曾为硅谷和硅谷以外的科技极客们许下数不清的财富。
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