Technological Transformation

Every year, thousands of websites ‘die off’ – and that’s good for the internet

Ethernet cables used for internet connections are pictured in a Berlin office, August 20, 2014. The German cabinet discussed on Wednesday Germany's digital agenda for the future. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS) - BM2EA8K0V6E01

Shutting down. Image: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, , University of Oxford
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Historians have preserved photographs that they deem important – like this shot of Abraham Lincoln in the main eastern theater of the Civil War, Battle of Antietam.
Historians have preserved photographs that they deem important – like this shot of Abraham Lincoln in the main eastern theater of the Civil War, Battle of Antietam. Image: Library of Congress
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