# The Web as a city

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2003
- Speaker: Steven Johnson
- Year: 2003
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_the_web_as_a_city)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Outside.in's Steven Johnson says the Web is like a city: built by many people, completely controlled by no one, intricately interconnected and yet functioning as many independent parts. While disaster strikes in one place, elsewhere, life goes on.

## Lectures

1. [The Web as a city](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/steven_johnson_the_web_as_a_city/e5cfaeadd92a), 17 min (TED's player)