The late 19th century was the era when, in the United States, the West — the Western states of today’s continental U.S. — “was won.” You all know the images — cowboys, steam locomotives belching thick black coal smoke, gold rushes. Perhaps future historians will look back at this moment in history as when the West, this time meaning the Western world, was lost. It’s happening in the United States right now, she fears. More controversially, she says the West is going to have to start thinking about how to regulate the internet. We’re increasingly removed from the victories and shared needs that once united the Western world.

Source: National Post March 29, 2019 09:56 UTC