The Gilbert Center turns ten this year — that’s a hundred in Internet years. That’s something to be proud of — few things last a hundred years, especially in turbulent times.
Michael Gilbert and the Gilbert Center graciously host this blog. I think of Michael as my somewhat eccentric publisher — and true to publisher form — he occasionally tries to slip me a suggestion about something that I might write about. In recognition of this anniversary, Michael asked if I’d be willing to write some sort of “top ten” posting — a riff on the ten years.
Just between you and me, up till now, I’ve managed to pretty much ignore the suggestions — not purposely. [Really] Things just haven’t worked out that way.
But this one was different. It struck a chord. I got thinking about the number ten and the year 1997. I got to thinking about how things have changed in those ten years — the world has changed, politics has changed, much has changed. Looking back even further, many of the forces that have shaped today’s world barely existed twenty years ago. Ten years seems like a long time; twenty seems an eternity. Continue reading One Hundred Years of Internet
