Digital Myth: Permission-less Innovation Made the Internet Great »

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12 September 2016 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

Digital Myths: #11 – If you’d rather not ask permission, you’re probably up to no good. Tech pundits love to talk about permission-less innovation, as if it’s the secret sauce that made the Inter... »

Digital Myth: Europe Has Failed to Create Successful Digital Companies »

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5 September 2016 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

Digital Myths: #10 – What if the next Silicon Valley is not in California? Europe has failed to produce any competitive internet companies. If pressed, we could mention Skype or Spotify, but nothin... »

Digital Myth: Competition is Only One Click Away »

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23 August 2016 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

Digital Myths: #9 – Competition is only one click away, except nobody actually clicks. A popular case against online regulation is that the Internet is such a perfect marketplace that competition t... »

Digital Myth: Disruption through Technology »

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3 August 2016 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

Digital Myths: #8 – Disruption is not the new competition. Disruption is the new monopoly. Disruption sounds painful: balances upset, trusted relations torn up, working systems broken apart, an out... »

Digital Myth: Freedom of Data as Freedom of Expression »

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26 July 2016 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

Digital Myths: #7 – Don’t abuse freedom of speech; some have made great sacrifices for that right. Freedom of expression is the right to express your own opinion without censorship or fear of punis... »

Digital Myth: Automation kills more jobs than it creates »

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28 June 2016 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

Digital Myths: #6 - Automation has made a lot of jobs obsolete. New jobs came instead. But it did not happen on its own, but after human decisions. We decide if automation creates or kills more jobs. ... »

Digital Myth: Internet Providers Are Like the Post Office »

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20 June 2016 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

Digital Myths: #5 Internet Providers Are Like the Post Office. Only if the post office charges both the sender and receiver, runs competing services and delays letters to maximise its revenue. The ... »

Digital Myth: Keep the Internet Open »

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18 June 2016 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

Digital Myths: #4 Keep the Internet Open. Open technology has nothing to do with open society, in many cases the opposite is true ‘Keep the Internet open’ is the principle that in many cases guides... »

Digital Myth: Digitalization is a Force of Nature »

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9 June 2016 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

Digital Myths: #3 Digitalization is a Force of Nature. So should we sacrifice a goat to please the gods of digitalization? Where is the altar? This idea comes in various packages, sometimes described... »

Digital Myth: You Can’t Stop New Technology »

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7 June 2016 | Per Strömbäck, editor Netopia

Digital Myths: #2 You Can’t Stop New Technology. Business interests masquerading as technological inevitabilities The popular idea that technology has a life of its own, outside the influence of ma... »