I disagree. I'd rather have a defense in depth against the nefarious & accidents and allow a Cambrian explosion of experimentation. The professionalization and permissions culture that's developed over the last few decades is ultimately stultifying.
It's shocking to me that network protocols (layers 1-5 at least) are basically 1970s designs. Why don't each set of machines automatically develop their own "jargon" optimised to the kind of communication they have? That's what humans do, to hone the efficiency and precision in their language, yet it doesn't stop us from talking to people outside our immediate circle.
But amateur experimentation in many areas is basically dead.
It's shocking to me that network protocols (layers 1-5 at least) are basically 1970s designs. Why don't each set of machines automatically develop their own "jargon" optimised to the kind of communication they have? That's what humans do, to hone the efficiency and precision in their language, yet it doesn't stop us from talking to people outside our immediate circle.
But amateur experimentation in many areas is basically dead.