Simplerer Explanation of The Internet

The main function of the Internet is to minimize the cost of collaboration.

There. That was easy.

The longer definition is part of this transcript of Cory Doctorow's recent Cambridge lecture. Or watch the video on his Boing Boing here... that didn't sound right... Anyway, check out a great rant on "Life in the Information Economy." Or just click the "play" triangle below: