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# Chris Anderson: “The Web Is Dead.”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/chris-anderson-the-web-is-dead/
- Published: 2010-08-18T12:37:49.000Z
- Updated: 2010-08-18T12:37:49.000Z
- Description: Ever one to envelope web memes, Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson is at it again. This time around though, he's not writing about The Long Tail, Free, or saying that "Atoms. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/08/chris-anderson-the-web-is-dead.html]
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Ever one to envelope web memes, *Wired* editor-in-chief **Chris Anderson** is at it again. This time around though, he's not writing about *The Long Tail*, *Free*, or saying that "**[Atoms Are The New Bits](http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/ff%5Fnewrevolution?ref=hypebot.com)**." Rather, he's declaring that **the web is dead**. Basically, Anderson makes the arguement that mobile device revolution has caused many people to move from the computer screen and the browser to accessing things powered by the internet, but not ***actually*** visiting the web itself.

[![image from www.thinkers50.com](https://a6.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c0133f32674be970b-115wi "image from www.thinkers50.com")](http://www.thinkers50.com/images/chris%5Fanderson.jpg?ref=hypebot.com) "The Internet is **the real revolution**, as important as electricity; what we do with it is still evolving. As it moved from your **desktop to your pocket**, the nature of the Net changed. The delirious chaos of the open Web was an **adolescent phase** subsidized by industrial giants groping their way in a new world. Now they’re doing what **industrialists** do best—finding choke points. And by the looks of it, we’re loving it." - **Chris Anderson** ([Read the rest](http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff%5Fwebrip/all/1?ref=hypebot.com).)  

**Critism:**

[Reports Of The Web's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated](http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100817/11192110659.shtml?ref=hypebot.com).  
[The Web Is Dead. Who Cares](http://www.pcworld.com/article/203563/the%5Fweb%5Fis%5Fdead%5Fwho%5Fcares.html?tk=hp%5Fnew&ref=hypebot.com)?

**Other related posts in the series**: 

[The Web Is Dead? A Debate](http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff%5Fwebrip%5Fdebate/?ref=hypebot.com).  
[How the Web Wins](http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/how-the-web-wins/?ref=hypebot.com).  
[How Do Native Apps and Web Apps Compare?](http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/08/how-do-native-apps-and-web-apps-compare/?ref=hypebot.com)