Partner answers 2

Partner: Sam Carrothers

From reading: The Internet Revolution - What are the implications that there is "no single organization controlling the web?" Should we consider this a good thing?
-The implications of no single organization running the web is that the control over certain aspects of the web are not uniform. I would consider this a good thing because the discontinuity between the look and feel of different websites contribute to the creativity of the people and encourage them to design and create. If one organization ran the internet then I feel like creativity would not be encouraged or even possible in many of the ways that it is now.

From reading: The Internet Revolution - The article determines that "the web is a space and not a physical thing." Isn't it true, however, that it requires the physical infrastructure of servers? Does the ability to store (and analyze) data for and from the internet represent the next great market for investment and employment?
-I think that the market for storing data and manipulating it has provided a workspace for many people in a time when jobs are being replaced by automation. The job growth in areas such as data analyzing and collecting has grown to enormous height recently with opportunities to advertise to people using social websites.





From reading: Engineering a New Order: Military Institutions, Technical Education, and the Rise of the Industrial State - The article alludes to a notion of 'automated warfare.' Isn't it true that technological advances 'automate' nearly every aspect of our lives?
-Technology has begun to automate nearly every aspect of our lives. Automation extending to the military sector could have dire consequences. If war is fought with only machines then nations will be more willing to fight and take higher risks during war time because the loss of huan life is no longer an issue