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[ih] New Republic Article - "How We Misremember the Internet’s Origins"
- Subject: [ih] New Republic Article - "How We Misremember the Internet’s Origins"
- From: darius.kazemi at gmail.com (Darius Kazemi)
- Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:59:16 -0400
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On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 5:51 PM John Day <jeanjour at comcast.net> wrote:
> If her point is that those who were involved in the development of the
> ARPANET were not involved, or not affected by the politics of the day,
> nothing could be further from the truth.
>
This is not her point. She is criticizing the "apolitical, monumental
storytelling about technology?s harms and benefits." It is the *present day
myths* about the ARPANET and its people as apolitical that she is
critiquing. And believe me, these myths run rampant.
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