Regardless of the question, the
Internet is the answer. Or so we are told.
It seemed perfectly normal to Jeff Jarvis, a famous American
journalist, to ask: "What Would Google Do?" if the company based in
Mountain View were put in charge of the public sector. It
apparently didn't occur to him that the rules and goals the public
sector lives by are, or at least should be, different from those of
a private company.
According to many, the Internet, this jumble of servers and
communication protocols, is the greatest invention ever. But is it
really so? And wasn't the same thing said of inventions such as the
telegraph, the radio, movie pictures, television or nuclear energy?
Today the Internet is winning. To the point that it seems
natural that it should win. But is it so? Does the
Internet have to win? Is the Internet's impact positive for
society?
Perhaps it's time to clear our minds and talk about the Ideology of
the Internet. Because Orwell had it right: When language is not
clear, it corrupts our thoughts.