The state is ultimately a bit of an elusive figure that needs to be kind of critically rethought through. Moscow, in many ways, becomes a kind of net exporter of pedagogical materials. And i think we often forget how genuinely international monte linguel the soviet unionas reaching over 17 republics and dozens and dozens of major languages.
Paris Marx is joined by Benjamin Peters to discuss the proposals for national computer networks in the Soviet Union, the challenges they faced in getting approval, and what lessons they hold for how we think about networks.
Benjamin Peters is the author of “How Not to Network a Nation: The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet” and the co-editor of “Your Computer Is On Fire.” He’s also the Hazel Rogers Associate Professor at the University of Tulsa and affiliated faculty at Yale Law School. Follow Ben on Twitter as @bjpeters.
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Also mentioned in this episode:
- Ben summarized his research on the Soviet network proposals for Aeon.
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