[governance] Just for fun Question

[Norbert Bollow]

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?

Zurich, Switzerland.

Justifications:

1. It's a pleasant and reasonably safe city.
2. Switzerland has a long-established hostory of democracy, rule of
   law, respect of human rights and non-imperialism.
3. Zurich is a center of technological research.  This is important
   because having a "Capital of Internet Governance" will be very
   harmful for the internet unless internet governance processes
   are well-informed by listening to technologists.
4. Zurich is far enough away from Geneva that geographical proximity
   to a seat of the U.N. is not going to result in unduly strong
   U.N. influence on internet governance.

Gruss,
Norbert.


-- 
Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>                          http://Norbert.ch
Präsident der Swiss Internet User Group SIUG              http://SIUG.ch
Die SIUG engagiert sich für Privatsphäre und Mitgestaltungsmöglichkeiten
in der Informationsgesellschaft.
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