The Internet: a Candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize
Here’s an idea RoadMAP doesn’t like: giving the Nobel Peace Prize to the Internet. One could argue that, like another recent recipient, it is too soon to assess its impact. But RoadMAP’s real objection is that the Internet is really people, and those people can use it for good or for ill. The Internet doesn’t care about anything; hopefully, its users will.
The Internet: a Candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize
The Internet has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 – but should it be?
The nomination was proposed by the Italian version of technology magazine Wired and has so far been endorsed by 11 people including 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop Per Child.
Backers of the Internet’s candidacy for the prize cite its achievements in bridging differences and promoting dialogue among different nations. On the promotional site for the Internet’s campaign, called Internet for Peace, supporters contend that the Internet “is much more than a network of computers; it is an endless Web of people.”
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