The Internet is marvel of decentralized human design. But this has its own problems. A group of researchers at Stanford are looking for insights that will be thrown up if they approach the problem of devising a system for communicating, retrieving information and publishing information electronically from scratch. Fascinating stuff. Wish them luck!
The Internet is enough of a marvel that most people would never ask, “Is this really how we would build it if we could design it all today?” But asking that very question is the job of a broad-based team of Stanford researchers. Taking a nothing-is-sacred approach to better meet human communications needs, this month they are launching a new program called the Clean Slate Design for the Internet.
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