The Story of the Internet
It began as a Cold War contingency plan and ended up as the place you argue with strangers about pizza toppings.
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Some of the topics covered in this episode
- The origins of ARPANET and early military networks
- The invention of packet switching and data transmission
- Tim Berners-Lee and the creation of the World Wide Web
- How email, browsers, and protocols changed communication
- The rise of the internet as a global phenomenon
- The visionaries and engineers who connected the world
There's something almost funny about falling asleep to the story of a Cold War contingency plan that turned into the place you argue about pizza toppings, so give it a try tonight. Whatever else happens tonight, I hope it ends in a calm, restful sleep.