As self-fulfilling prophecies, metaphors and analogies, and in turn themedia imaginaries that they entail, have played more than one role in Webhistory.
Do Berners-Lees metaphorical descriptions of the web serve a similar purpose as the myth of the web described in the first section. Simply put does the rhetoric surrounding the web serve to promote ideals of altruism and freedom in use of the web.
Seen from thisperspective the Web was not the result of an epiphany or of the disruptivevision of a genius. Instead, it resulted from both a technical and imaginary sys-tematization of pre-existing media that had been taking place for a long time
Good quote that opposes the myth of the web
Web’s founding myth
Giving me the same vibe as Rome's founding myth. While the story of romulus and remus definitely had some level of truth at their core, the events were interpreted and emphasized to align with the ideals of roman society
sacred gift to society.
one could say gun powder is a sacred gift to society for all of its potential uses, but in spite of all the potentially beneficial uses it has also been used in destructive ways. Is an inventions value characterized by its potential or its actual consequences
‘a city at the heart of Europe with a cosmopoli-tan heritage’ (Gillies and Cailliau 2000: 48) – is represented as the ideal contextin which a medium like the Web might originate and flourish
Does the characteristics of the Webs development reflect the characteristics of the web itself for merely the romanticized idea of the web.