[governance] Just for fun Question

[Dan Krimm]

At 3:00 PM -0700 5/2/07, yehudakatz at mailinator.com wrote:
>IF the INTERNET had a Capital, like the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.
>mall area).
>
>Where in the World (geolocal) would you put the Capital?
>
>*Note/Rule
>The Capital could be in one place (All of it in one geolocal / where?)
>Or
>It could be in several places, depending on the branches of Government
>(Several geolocals / where?)


Just for fun answer:

Nowhere and Everywhere.  It would be a Virtual/Cyber-Capital.  Preferably
open source and distributed architecture supporting a full-fledged
wiki-governance platform.  ;-)


Real answer (sort of):

The Internet's Capital would have to be where the World's Capital is,
because Internet Governance (in the broad sense) cannot be truly
distinguished from World Governance at the end of the day.

So where would you put a World Capital?  I couldn't say, until some sort of
World Government emerges from the cacophony of the present day.  And I
don't see that happening in my lifetime, if ever.


Bottom line answer:

Nowhere.  Forget about the "and Everywhere" part.


Dan
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