Interesting WSJ piece: The Rising Threat of Digital
Nationalism by Akash Kapur
“Like classical liberalism, the internet may also be a
good idea in urgent need of updating. Much as the individualism and freedom of
classical liberalism have been distorted into the inequalities and ethical
transgressions of modern capitalism, so the internet’s culture of “permissionless
innovation” has been abused, transformed into the centralized, controlled
network of today. The original dream of an unfettered global public sphere is
probably over. Understanding why that happened is the first step to reclaiming
at least part of the original vision and to mitigating the most damaging
effects of digital nationalism.”