The Nature of Narrative in the Age of Networks

Commercial Institutions are Selfish and Stupid Bullies

And they’d *love* to get their greedy hands on the internet. But they’d simply do to the internet what they’ve done to banking, automotive, insurance, health care, and… yes… even our federal government.

Institutions are like infants. All they know how to do is eat (resources) and shit (products and services to consumers). Pure, basic instinct to survive and proliferate. Grotesquely selfish. Worse yet, they’re like babies that look like Mike Tyson. Baby-minded bullies with serious UFC-type muscle.

Every decision about the internet should be based on individual freedoms, not manufactured institutional protectionism.

An open Internet provides the foundation for innovation, free speech and democracy in the United States and around the world.

Those are words written by someone else, but I endorse them.

I can see why big institutions would like their way with the Web, but in a time where institutions are blatantly running rough-shod over the “individual” in banking, health insurance and even government… it is *especially* important to put the individual innovator at the forefront of decisions regarding the web, mobile or otherwise. It is a last vestige of low-capital-required entrepreneurship and expression. And its been workin’ pretty good as-is.

TO MY SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN: Do not let self-centered and muscly commercial institutions set the agenda for net neutrality, guys. Don’t throw a wonderful, still-blossoming medium to the wolves. It’s like whoring out a child, stunting their physical, emotional and spiritual development. DON’T DO IT.

Washington lobbyists are more concerned with corporate profits than with a free-flowing Internet. They have convinced some members of Congress that Net Neutrality is bad for business. Wha’? Last I looked business is pretty good on the web… with a bullet!

Don’t be fooled. It’s a ridiculous assertion, especially given the success stories of the last 15 years! It may be “bad business” for a bloated, inefficient industry that can only compete by protecting the status quo and clamping down on innovation that would force them to evolve. But that’s just lazy bull. It’s like a teenager going from junior high to high school and saying “I don’t need to go to high school. I know enough already. No need to evolve into a better reasoning, more clear thinking, and contributing member of society.” Corporations need to evolve as entities. If they want the same “rights” as individuals, then they have to evolve and simply abolish *any* thoughts of protectionism.

Evolve, or die.

A new paradigm has been created for *doing business* and just because it doesn’t fit the mold of some legacy commercial industries is no reason to let them bully us into molding the future in their image. If we did, NO innovation would happen except for at their behest and their pace. Adapt or die. Don’t let them act like sociopaths who want to mold the world into their distorted image.

According the Small Business Administration, over 50% of the gross domestic product is contributed by small business. Not big business. Small business. That’s innovators and individuals who do *not* have the capital to differentiate themselves in a stratified net, as some big business would have it.

I wholly endorse Net Neutrality– and that means I’ll always err on the side of neutral and favoring the individual. I urge you to, too.

If Comcast or AT&T, for example, don’t feel they’re making enough money from my cable modem or DSL fees, or not getting enough profit from provisioning bandwidth to hosting services… then get outta the business guys. Simply don’t offer it. But changing the fundamental neutral nature of the web is *de-evolution*. And you *think* it’s good for you, but it’s not. And it’s sure as hell not good for me.

Some members of Congress have fallen prey to phone and cable company lobbyists and are pressuring our congressmen and senators to pull back from their rulemaking plans. These lawmakers aren’t representing the public interest, and they don’t speak for us. Certainly not for me.

EVERYONE, please stand firm in support of Net Neutrality. Millions of Americans — the folks whom Congress was elected to represent — are with you.

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