The Network Proposal for the Ogots

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The network proposal for the ogots that's worth really kind of focusing on is, is interesting because of how every day it is. This is decades before we have the ideology to imagine a pay pal or ec cryptocurrencies. But they're doing it in a way that, i think, fulfils a very different, but still resonant set of ideas.

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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