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You're right, of course the market did have something to do with the internet exploding into what we know and love/hate today. It's also true that ARPA/DARPA (d
by nehal3m 3y ago
You're right, of course the market did have something to do with the internet exploding into what we know and love/hate today. It's also true that ARPA/DARPA (depending on when you'd have asked) was responsible for its invention. That is a US government institution, however this thread places the origin of the internet in the context of American competition, so in my opinion it does make sense to deny that the internet came from that.
I do disagree that a government couldn't or wouldn't do that; the internet is infrastructure and governments do that kind of thing all the time.
- robertlagrant 3y ago> in the context of American competition In the context of American competitiveness, and there's nothing more competitive than a defense department (-:
- nehal3m 3y agoThe US defense apparatus is literally the most bloated, bureaucratic and inefficient institution on the planet if you ask me.
- msla 3y agoGood thing nobody asks you, then, because you have no idea what you're talking about.
- robertlagrant 3y agoR&D is inefficient. Cruise ships are more inefficient, bloated and bureaucratic than speedboats, but speedboats can't cross oceans.