23 Myths About the Internet. Fabulous. Some of my faves:
Myth: As the Internet becomes less technology-oriented and more culturally-oriented, those with humanities and business backgrounds shall have advantages over those with technological backgrounds.
Fact: As the Internet intertwines technology, business, and the humanities, without a firm grounding in technology, one can no longer fully understand business nor the humanities.
Myth: The Open Source movement is about socialistically or communistically sharing source code, with elite administrators and Wall Street bankers ultimately calling the shots.
Fact: The Open Source movement is about individuals following an aesthetic in creating elegant software which works, wherein administrators must harbor the deepest respect for individuality and freedom.
Myth: First movers had the advantage when it came to building viable businesses on the Internet.
Fact: True originality can take its time, as long as the execution is brilliant.
Myth: The content worlds (publishing, music, etc.) shall be revolutionized by corporations leveraging the Internet.
Fact: The world of content shall be revolutionized by individuals leveraging the internet. The intrinsic beauty of the Internet is that a central bureaucracy of middlemen has no practical function, and on the Net, the poetry must serve the people rather than the traditional bureaucratic prejudices.
