Today, I want to introduce you to a concept – and a vision for the future of our species in the digital and networked age – that I’ve spoken about for a while but never specifically written about: The Small Web. To understand what the Small Web is, let’s compare it to the Big Web. In other words, to the centralised Web we have today. The Big Web You are allowed to rent space on Megacorp’s servers in exchange for giving up your privacy, freedom of speech, and other human rights.

(german version → http://www.zeit.de/digital/mobil/2016-03/digitalisierung-big-data-soziale-netzwerke-ueberwachung-umgang-digital-denken/komplettansicht )

»Unsere vernetzten Alltagsgegenstände sind die Erweiterung unserer Persönlichkeit. Deshalb dürfen wir nicht zulassen, dass unsere persönlichen Daten abgegriffen werden.« –Aral Balkan (original english version → https://ar.al/notes/the-nature-of-the-self-in-the-digital-age/)