History Of Internet History

Avi Patel

Ms. Geers

English 11H P6

4/1/14

The Internet and the History of US Version 3

Timeline Introduction:

The human species has always had a deep desire to communicate, no matter via speech, text, or art. Thus, speech and language, our primary and oldest communication tools, have been with us since very early in our evolution. And, not long after, we developed millions of other ways to communicate. Despite the changes different forms of communication have already had upon our world’s culture and ideologies, new shifts in the methods we use to exchange our ideas and emotions are becoming increasingly apparent. The invention of the Internet is one of those new methods and has revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before.

The invention of the telegraph, telephone, radio, and computer all set the stage for the Internet’s unprecedented integration of capabilities, but it is the sustained investment and commitment to research of the informational infrastructure that will help the Internet expand in the future. Its history is complex and involves many aspects - technological, organizational, and communal. Its influence reaches not only to the technical fields of computer communications but also throughout society as we increase our use of online tools to better electronic commerce, information acquisition, and community operations . The Internet has exploded into a worldwide symbol for changing times and a changing people, and has redefined American identity and our understanding of the History of US.

Timeline and Content:

1836 Telegraph patented.

1866 First Transatlantic cable is laid.

1876 Telephone exhibited by Alexander Graham Bell.

1957 USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial earth sate...

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However, the Internet is a double edged sword. Just as people are using the Internet as a new front to fight the war, it is also a way for people to hide behind anonymity from the old regime. Rather that confronting the government directly, activists are using the Internet as a safety defense, thus weakening their cause.

Ultimately what all this means is that we are slowly changing how we are fighting. As human evolution exits the physical phase, and enters the intellectual phase, it is only necessary to move away from physical warfare to cyber, economic and social warfare. The loss of life is no longer necessary as other things we value such as economic and political success can be targeted in times of conflict. What this means is, as we transition from physical armies to virtual armies, society is taking its first steps towards global non-violence.