To borrow an infosec term, those are two different threat models that require different solutions. Sometimes it looks like a solution works for both - "build a new network in the empty spaces of the internet!" - but the motivations can be very different. And the threat model - what we want our network to do for us, what we want it *not* to do, who is it for - are very different.

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In the 90s, the internet was a frontier. Anything could be yours if you built it, and no one to tell you what to do. A libertarian fantasy.
In 2022, the internet is a Gibson-esque sprawling corporate-controlled sprawl where your actions are constantly monitored and controlled by those people who run the system.

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What changed? One thing is that sometimes these ideologies defy the convenient single-axis spectrum and have many similarities in practice. But I think the interesting part is the change in the landscape that you are rebelling against, or perhaps revolutionizing.

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