The Internet Has No CEO

The article argues that infrastructure nobody owns is more resilient and less exploitable than infrastructure someone controls, and that open, neutral systems should replace proprietary platforms for both software and money. It cites the 1973 invention of TCP/IP by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, which was given away, and a 2024 Harvard Business School study valuing open-source software at $8.8 trillion. It presents Ethereum as the neutral protocol for value, noting that stablecoins processed over $27 trillion in 2024, and cites the July 19, 2024 CrowdStrike update that crashed 8.5 million computers.