For 2026, I hope the new web will fully embrace its newness. I understand that you need to keep some old web staples for those who are used to the old web. (Readable links and ICANN domains, for example.) However, part of creating a new web should be changing things fundamentally.

Why limit ourselves to the same conventions? Why not push further to tap into the limitless potential of this new frontier? We should change the way websites are read and move away from ICANN so people can express more freedom with their domains. Digital identification feels limited when you have to stick to the remains of the dot-com bubble.

Move past the Web 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 designations to simply "Old Web" (1983–2025) and "New Web" (2026–present). It's difficult to fool myself into believing change is happening when all I see are cages of the past.