October 19, 2007
The Definition of Web 3.0
Many have done their best to define Web 3.0. Now, I feel it is my turn:
Web 3.0 is whatever the person defining it wants it to be so that their financial well-being is positively impacted.
To any readers who feel the need to throw the term "Web N.0" around, please stop. There is no explicit revision number on the internet. If you want to talk about usage patterns of the internet (e.g. "the realization of client-side scripting" or "the rise in popularity of social networks"), that is fine. But please, don't insult my intelligence by claiming that a complex machine with billions of parts is capable of being summarized by a version number. And, while you're at it, come up with terms to replace "synergy" and "innovation." Everybody is doing both now, so neither is cool anymore.
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