web4 epoch

Why Web4 Cannot Inherit—And Why That’s Never Happened Before

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Web infrastructure eras showing Web1-3 in circular concentric rings sharing inherited behavioral verification assumptions (orange, burning, looping back to Web1 at bottom creating unsustainable trap), separated by impassable dark chasm from isolated Web4 rings (cyan, pristine) standing on separate foundations—first epoch unable to inherit from predecessors

Every major infrastructure transition in computing history has inherited foundational assumptions from its predecessor. TCP/IP inherited the assumption that endpoints could be trusted to identify themselves. HTTP inherited TCP/IP’s client-server model. The World Wide Web inherited assumptions about documents and authorship. Each generation built new capabilities on inherited foundations, adding layers without questioning the base. … Why Web4 Cannot Inherit—And Why That’s Never Happened Before