Stephanie Stimac - Sustainable Futures: Funding the Web Ecosystem

The web is a vital source of the world’s infrastructure and has shaped the way we work and live in the modern world. Surely such an integral piece of our day-to-day life is being built and maintained in a way that ensures it will last?
Unfortunately this isn’t the case. The current system funding access to the web is fragile, fractured and unsustainable. In this talk, I’ll give an overview of the current state of things, how we currently fund the web, why this is a problem, and possible ways to fix this so that access to information remains stable and sustainable for future generations to come.
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