There’s a new interview up on Safety Detectives where I get to discuss the origins, motivation and direction of the Interpeer Project as a whole. It’s been a great conversation, and I think one of the better summaries of the project from the beginnings to where we are now.
I also get to make some predictions for the Internet that make me rather sad, but help illustrate why the project is taking the architectural approach that it does:
Now I’m writing this in a night where Kirk sweeps over France and heads into central Europe. Hurricane Milton is heading for Florida, mere weeks after Helene has wreaked havoc there. And more storms are forming.
I’m particularly sensitive of France and Miami here, because some of my peers are monitoring data centres there, wondering whether services they host in those locations will remain unaffected.
Again, the Global South tends to be the worst affected by those climate change events. But we’re already seeing their impact on the parts of the Internet in the Global North. We can be all but certain that intermittency of Internet services is going to increase around the globe, even if only in one area or another at a time.
So my predictions for the Internet is that the Global North/South divide will grow, and disruptions in parts of the Internet will increase. And that is not even counting deliberate disruption as a form of warfare.
Head over to the interview for context and the full story!