ICANNWiki:"Philosophy" essay by Marc Perkel: Difference between revisions
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* What are the rules of war on cyberspace? | * What are the rules of war on cyberspace? | ||
* How do we protect the rights and dignity of individuals in the new world community? | * How do we protect the rights and dignity of individuals in the new world community? | ||
These are all big questions and they deserve big answers. We not only should get it right - but we have to get it right. And the best time to get it right is now in the very beginning, while it is still forming, while it is still a zygote. But who is going to do this? The short answer is ICANN. | |||
Why ICANN? How many other organizations are in a position to do it. Just like the example of the salesman with a TRS80 computer becoming the IT department ICANN is just at the right place at the right time. Someone had to be the one to be at the right place at the right time and ICANN is it. | |||
One might ask, what about the United Nations? Yes they are bigger and older but the UN is a World War 2 relic that was create mostly to deal with nations going to war with each other. Their job is to try to solve unrest before it becomes a world wide crisis. It is completely dominated but governments with the exclusion of NGOs and the 5 nation security council is the seat of power. Hardly compares with ICANN's milti-stakeholder model where a broader number of kinds of voices are heard. ICANN's structure more closely matches and is in tune with the organic development of the Internet. ICANN is also a technical organization that can process the complexities of technology. If ICANN isn't suited for the job it is as close to suited as we have. | |||
If we don't do it - who will? There's a saying - if you want something done right - do it yourself. | |||
=== Define Human Rights === | === Define Human Rights === | ||