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The most astonishing part of the Internet is that nobody
is in charge. Football teams have captains, and orchestras have conductors.
We take for granted some form of authority, some hierarchy in almost everything.
In childhood it comes from parents and teachers. In adult life it comes from bosses
and government. While we may not always be pleased with where we stand in the hierarchy,
at least we understand it.
The Net - a reliable system comprised of loosely connected
and imperfect parts that work because nobody is in control - shakes up all our
centralist notions of hierarchy.
by Nicholas Negroponte
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