Barlow and Whalen

Barlow's article explains the anarchistic rule of the early internet. There was complete privacy and anonymity and no governments to enforce rules or laws. He talked about a spontaneous order that emerged and a code of conduct that needed no central power to enforce.

In today's world, most of this still holds true. Now however, some ISP's are starting to filter web traffic and block certain sites, which takes away from the freedom once associated with the web.

In Whalen's article, he talks about acts of vandalism that utilize new technology. One that stood out was using a photo editing tool to create a poster that implied that Hitler wore khakis and pasting it over a Calvin Klein billboard.

These acts are supposedly a product of the anarchistic society that the internet helped shape. None of the acts of vandalism were violent and most were just meant to be funny and mildly thought provoking. This article kind of reminded me of the English graffiti artist Banksy.