tags: Evolution of Internet, streaming video
The history of the internet in five minutes presented by Ethan Zuckerman. Basically, it is the story of how, when hundreds and hundreds of monkeys are placed in the same room, it turns out that they will write encyclopedias -- now known as Wikis. I was surprised that he didn't cover the 1996 telecommunications act, which opened up broadband connections for the masses. [6:51]
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