Saving the world is an interesting problem.
The first step is to ensure free and open communication between the citizens of the world. The world cannot be saved by one person, nor by a cadre of grey-haired men locked in a boardroom. People of every color, from every country, need to communicate with each other to find solutions to this planet’s problems.
The Internet was invented just in time to be the medium by which this communication can happen. However, the Internet is not yet big enough to automatically shrug off any attempt which is made to dominate or commandeer it. Until it is big enough, we have to work hard to ensure that it remains open.
My name is Matthew Thomas. I’m a 23-year-old Forrest Gump lookalike with two university degrees and a fondness for thinking too much.
By day, I work for a pittance at an Internet cafe in Christchurch, New Zealand.
By night, I work for free on user interface design for the Mozilla Project, trying to bring Mozilla to a state where a majority of the world’s computer users are willing to use it.
And in my spare time, I try to work out what the second step is.
Last update: Monday, March 18, 2002 at 3:07:09 AM