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# 9 Things You Need To Know About The Internet
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/9-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-internet/
- Published: 2010-06-29T09:22:55.000Z
- Updated: 2010-06-29T09:22:55.000Z
- Description: John Naughton, a professor of the public understanding of technology at the Open University, has published a brillant overview of everything you ever need to know about the internet in. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/06/9-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-internet.html]
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**John Naughton**, a professor of the **public understanding of technology** at the Open University, has published a brillant overview of *everything*you ever need to know [about the internet](http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jun/20/internet-everything-need-to-know?CMP=twt%5Fgu&ref=hypebot.com) in the [**Guardian**](http://www.guardian.co.uk/?ref=hypebot.com). In his essay, he goes over **nine** of the big ideas that are central to understanding this **massive technological** 
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1. **Take the long view**
2. **The web isn't the net**
3. **Disruption is a feature, not a bug**
4. **Think ecology, not economics**
5. **Complexity is the new reality**
6. **The network is now the computer**
7. **The web is changing**
8. **Huxley and Orwell are the bookends…**
9. **Our I.P. regime is no longer fit for purpose**