EACH MARCH, JULY, AND NOVEMBER, we are I reminded that the Internet is not quite the mature, stable technology that it seems to I be. We rely on the Internet as an essential tool for our economic, social, educational, and political lives. But when the Internet Engineering Task Force meets every four months at an open conference that bounces from continent to continent, more than 1,000 people from around the world gather with change on their minds. Their vision of the global network that all humanity shares is dynamic, evolving, and continuously improving. Their efforts combine with the contributions of myriad others to ensure that the Internet always works but is never done, never complete.

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共识协议：为构建阿帕网而发明的激进过程如何催生了历史上最伟大的协作工作工具

每年 3 月、7 月和 11 月，我都会提醒我们，互联网并不是我所认为的成熟、稳定的技术。我们依赖互联网作为我们经济、社会、教育和政治生活的重要工具。但是，当互联网工程任务组每四个月在一次从大洲跳到另一个大洲的公开会议上开会时，来自世界各地的 1,000 多人齐聚一堂，改变了他们的想法。他们对全人类共享的全球网络的愿景是动态的、不断发展的、不断改进的。他们的努力与无数其他人的贡献相结合，以确保 Internet 始终有效，但永远不会完成，永远不会完成。