Restoring Rights in the Information Age

Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right that allows individuals to express and receive ideas without fear of unjust interference by their peers. This freedom is key to providing an environment in which people of radically differing opinions may live alongside one another without conflict, as well as an environment where individuals can exercise and improve their intellectual abilities.

This principle is similar to the economic principle of free markets, in which the free exchange of goods and services leads to improvement over time as better products make the less useful ones obsolete. So too, with the free exchange of ideas, mankind progresses ever onward as good ideas defeat bad ones through ethical and rational discourse. Without this exchange, we’re either standing still, or more likely moving backward.

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

― George Washington

To protect freedom of speech, we must also protect privacy, because sometimes speaking freely requires speaking anonymously. Historically, these freedoms and protections sprang from the Age of Enlightenment and became its pillars, supporting and profoundly impacting society for the better. But now these pillars are eroding.

As technology has grown increasingly connected and powerful, so has the ability to process and manipulate the vast amount of data that flows through it, thus enabling centralized control of information in this Information Age, and on our only information network. Ironically, the internet was meant to foster greater sharing of knowledge and timely access to information throughout the world by removing unnecessary physical boundaries. It was a new instrument to be used for the future of science and the intellect of generations to come.

This original internet is the inspiration for the Marconi Protocol and Network. We envision a world where all people can exercise their intellectual freedoms without compromising their privacy and safety. These fundamental rights are all the more important in this Information Age. They deserve restoring and preserving. We build Marconi not for ourselves, but for everyone. Welcome to a brave new world.