
We face a profound challenge. Polarisation on the web and mental health problems arising from social media use must be addressed. Until they are fixed, it will be hard to get anyone to think about the web in a positive light.
There are already a multitude of good things on the internet, like email, calendars, podcasts, which all interoperate. Email apps all work together because they use the same email protocol, which is an open standard. Social networks don’t.