Many young people around the world use the internet every day, and yet they have no memory of the history that led to the creation of the global network. Many have no understanding of how or why the internet has developed. As part of out continuing efforts to combat ignorance around the world…

Great to see a serious look into the history of what we love…too bad this isn’t that serious look I was referring to. Actually, if you need your Tuesday morning laugh check out this site where you get to see choice facts like this:

1972

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniack get stoned out of their minds and build a computer that costs a fortune and runs no software. “Everyone will want one of these!”, says Jobs.

After reading the timeline, everything makes much more sense now.

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