The Wild West Meets Cyberspace (thefreemanonline.org)
- Highlight Loc. 47-50 | Added on Thursday, January 19, 2012, 06:27 PM
Despite the lack of centralized control, the Internet exhibits a remarkable degree of order. Without government coercion, millions of users have managed to adopt standardized protocols enabling the network to function, Social norms have arisen in a wide range of contexts, norms that are enforced by communities of users rather than a centralized police force.
