Peter Willetts on the origins of the internet

Professor Peter Willetts talking about the history and origins of the internet. This includes predecessors to the usual story of the military/scientific origin story, which is essentially a myth that entirely ignores the substantial uses of international inter-networking, social and cultural electronic comunications, well developed before ARPA began its well-known funding.

Peter Willets' home page.





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