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Viaweb's Innovation
- Paul Graham's startup, Viaweb, invented web-based software in 1995.
- This was counterintuitive then, as browsers were mainly for consuming content, not controlling software.
Meeting Robert Morris
- Paul Graham met Robert Morris at Harvard, where Morris got kicked out for connecting Harvard to the internet.
- This highlights how insignificant the internet was at the time.
The Internet Worm
- Robert Morris created the internet worm, not to cause harm, but to see if a self-replicating program was possible.
- A bug caused excessive replication, crashing computers and leading to his arrest.