It spans the globe like a super highway. It is called Internet.

I think we're actually on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying.

It's just a tool though, isn't it?

No, it's not.

No, it's an alien life form.

It's going to get woven into the daily fabric of our lives. It'll be just like using a

telephone, it'll be like using your car on the roads. We take it for granted. If I want to

talk to somebody on the far side of the world, it'll be just as natural as me

talking to you now. The internet. What was once a

marvel is now something our modern world depends on for well everything. It allows us access, access to crucial information, not so crucial

information, and access to each other. But not everyone's access is created equally.

In fact, it may no longer be accurate to think of the Internet as a single entity.

That's because around the world different governments have taken very different

approaches to regulating the internet, shaping what their citizens can see and

say online

and how their private data is tracked.

And this has led to a splintering.

The world now has three primary internets,

one led by the United States, one led by China, and one led by the

European Union.

And if things keep going as they are, we could be headed toward an even more divided digital world.

My name is Gabriel Sierra, and this is why it matters.

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