The web could deliver on all of the promises of the information superhighway, and it delivered on those promises in the democratic, utopian way that so enthused early adopters of the web like Marc Andreessen. The information superhighway was interactive, sure. It let you talk back to your TV. But it didn’t allow you to create your own television program. The web, by contrast, allowed users to consume content, and create it. Any user. Anywhere. Any kind of content. And anyone could do so outside the control of a major media corporation or gatekeepers like the cable companies or Microsoft.
