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Ep273 - Annie Jacobsen | An Uncensored History of DARPA

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The Pentagon and Science and Technology

Technology was seen as thumbs down by congress during the Vietnam War. But when Harold brown came in, he made science and technology a industry at darpa. He put into play long term research projects with censor technology that would build all the way to the gulf war. The arpinet became the internet. And there was a movement toward what is now called netric centric, network centric warfare. It's pretty remarkable. No amount of technology could go up against this, which was student protesters.

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