Origins of the Internet (with Charlton McIlwain and Fred Turner)

July 20, 2020 01:00:40
Origins of the Internet (with Charlton McIlwain and Fred Turner)
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Origins of the Internet (with Charlton McIlwain and Fred Turner)

Jul 20 2020 | 01:00:40

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Show Notes

Where did the internet come from? Who gets left out of dominant stories about its origins? And what can history teach us about how to make the internet better?   In our first episode, two leading scholars of internet history—Charlton McIlwain of NYU and Fred Turner of Stanford—delve into the stories you might not have [...]

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