In recent weeks there has been a considerable movement to bash file sharing programs online. Whether it is the Pirate Bay Trial or NBC Nightly News tonight covering file sharing ID theft stories. While I fully agree that file sharing sites can be hazardous to your personal information and your computers long term health (have several friends that have ruined their machines with their excessive file sharing habits) it is important to note that file sharing is the root of the Internet we all love today. This past summer Vanity Fair printed one of the best historical pieces on the birth and evolution of the Internet that I have read from a laymen stand point. The article, Inventing the Internet, is a journalistic mash-up of interviews conducted with some of the foremost minds and agenda setters in the online world. I found the browser wars section very interesting. 
This weekend however I came across this video online that has actual video of some of the fore mentioned mover and shakers. It is really interesting to hear how they spoke about the future. Warning, this video is much more technical in nature.
Hope this clears up common misconceptions I often hear on the birth of the internet. It’s important to know where we came from before you can judge where we are going.
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