At the heart of the original web is technology to decentralise control and make access to information freely available to all. It is this architecture that seems to imbue those that work with the web with a culture of free expression, a belief in universal access and a tendency toward decentralising information.
via BBC News – Cern re-creating first web page to revere early ideals.
I think that today’s web of wall-gardens that don’t let you share (just try getting anything OUT of Facebook) are a step in a horribly wrong direction.