“Freedom of connection, with any application, to any party, is the fundamental social basis of the Internet. The system grows organically because it has no central control.”
Why Vint is the canonical The Lobbyist
Co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols that underpin the internet and long-time 'Chief Internet Evangelist' at Google, Cerf helped invent the rails and then spent his career meeting governing bodies worldwide to keep internet governance open and free of central control. He is a rule-shaper for the entire networked cycle.
The The Lobbyist works at the intersection of technology and government. See the role on the 23-role map →
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