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I believe the internet is a direct continuation of ARPANet. It just got renamed at some point.

• kragen 2y ago
  The ARPAnet (the electronic system) was never an internet (or catenet). It predated internetworking, and it was one of the networks comprising the internet we are using now (specifically, it was 10.0.0.0/8) until its demise in 01990. As a social institution, though, you are correct: the internet we are using now started out as an experiment inside the ARPAnet project.
  • pbjtime 2y ago
    ...what year are you from?
    • bytesandbots 2y ago
      The long now foundation > established in 01996 to foster long-term thinking. Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization
      • kragen 2y ago
        Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the Long Now Foundation, but I endorse the suggestion to read about them.
  • adastra22 2y ago
    I think you are making a distinction without a difference.
    • kragen 2y ago
      Then you are a laptop.