Is Universal Access Achievable?


On page 114, Kahles points out that "all [music, movies, and books] would fit on computers that would fit in this room and be able to be afforded by a small company. So we're at a turning point in history. Universal access is the goal… It could be one of the things humankind would be most proud of. Up there with the Library of Alexandria, putting a man on the moon, and the invention of the printing press." While this is possible, accessing so much culture, for whatever reason, is like the man trying to fly across the United States and getting permission from every land owner below as he does it. The Fox example is perfect for this, so is the Eastwood video. Is this goal of universal access achievable? Can we at least move closer to this ideal than we are now? What steps need to be taken to head in this direction?

Also, how might the world be benefited from such an achievement? Would the change be as dramatic as the printing press or even more so? This seems like the natural endpoint of the internet.

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