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Sam Vaknin's Psychology, Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web Sites



The State of the Net: An Interim Report about the Future of the Internet



Who are the participants who constitute the Internet?

Users - connected to the net and interacting with it

The communications lines and the communications equipment

The intermediaries (e.g. the suppliers of on-line information or access providers).

Hardware manufacturers

Software authors and manufacturers (browsers, site development tools, specific applications, smart agents, search engines and others).

The "Hitchhikers" (search engines, smart agents, Artificial Intelligence - AI - tools and more)

Content producers and providers

Suppliers of financial wherewithal (currently - corporate and institutional cash to be replaced, in the future, by advertising money)......

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