It's all listed for your reading pleasure in our New This Week section. Today's newspapers carried the story of the sudden death of Jonathan Postel , who is absolutely the most influential and important person in the 30-year history of the Internet. I am privileged to have known Jon for 25 years. But this essay isn't about Jon, it's about what he stood for, what his death means, and what this has to do with our church. The Internet isn't about technology.
Technology is easy.
It's just wires and transistors and disks, and when they break , you buy more. The Internet is all about boundaries and authority. Everybody involved needs to agree on the boundaries between sections of the Internet. There is no one in charge, no pope, no supervisor, no general manager. There is instead a set of fundamental principles, a set of traditions, and ordinary common sense.