"Zactly."
"And how will I find these ParasiteNet nodes? Will there be a map or
something with all this information on it?"
Alan nodded slowly. "We've been thinking about a mapping application --"
"But we decided that it was stupid," Kurt said. "No one needed to draw a
map of the Web -- it just grew and people found its weird corners on
their own. Networks don't *need* centralized authority, that's just the
chains on your mind talking --"
"The chains on my mind?" The kid snorted.
Alan held his hands up placatingly. "Wait a second," he said. "Let's
take a step back here and talk about *values*. The project here is about
free expression and cooperation. Sure, it'd be nice to have a city-wide
network, but in my opinion, it's a lot more important to have a city
full of people working on that network because they value expression and
understand how cooperation gets us more of that."
"And we'll get this free expression how?"
"By giving everyone free Internet access."
The kid laughed and shook his head. "That's a weird kind of 'free,' if
you don't mind my saying so." He flipped over his phone. "I mean, it's
like, 'Free speech if you can afford a two-thousand-dollar laptop and
want to sit down and type on it.'"
"I can build you a desktop out of garbage for twenty bucks," Kurt
said. "We're drowning in PC parts."
"Sure, whatever.
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