Desperate solutions range from abandoning email to requiring a license to log on. Halt, fools! The Internet's problems stem from the same virtues that make it great: open architecture, the free flow of information, peer-to-peer cooperation, and a bias for linking strangers, not disconnecting them. Take those away and the Net might cease to infuriate us - but it will also cease to amaze us.

Lightweight, but fun. A good read to kick in the new year.

] Where's a superhero when you need one? The Net, which
] once seemed so invincible, is under attack by the forces
] of evil. Viruses knock servers to their knees. Spammers
] hijack our inboxes. Hackers and identity thieves menace
] our collective security and personal privacy.
]
] Desperate solutions range from abandoning email to
] requiring a license to log on. Halt, fools! The
] Internet's problems stem from the same virtues that make
] it great: open architecture, the free flow of
] information, peer-to-peer cooperation, and a bias for
] linking strangers, not disconnecting them. Take those
] away and the Net might cease to infuriate us - but it
] will also cease to amaze us.
]
] Here's a smarter approach: 101 proposals that harness the
] Net's own superpowers to defeat its foes. Up, up, and
] away!

Paul Boutin, with help from Rand Wacker, Kevin Werbach, Bruce Schneier, Hal Varian, Scott Rafer, Dave Winer.

Some good, some unreasonable, some funny..