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253. Is the Internet Being Ruined?

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The Internet and Its Predictability

There was no central blueprint for the Internet when it was being developed. Engineers like himself and others just had this notion of connecting computers together over long distances. This was a new uncharted territory so recognizing that this is an engineered artifact helps you to understand that it could have come out different.

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