All topics / internet evolution
Topic
You are reading the free Skim layer. Read unlocks the synthesis and sources.
Internet evolution
1
episodes
1
thinkers
2h
of conversation
5
books & papers
0
terms defined
The neighbourhood: internet evolution and the ideas it travels with. Drag to roam, click a star for the episode, click a neighbour to travel.
Drag to roam · scroll to zoom · click a neighbour to travel · click a star for the episode
From foundational to frontier
Climb the spectrum. The most accessible conversations come first.
Start here
ACCESSIBLECOREFRONTIER
What the corpus says
The throughline across every conversation that touches this idea.
Java was created at Sun in 1990 to address computing trends outside traditional industries, like consumer electronics and networking.
James Gosling · James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing
Over 50% of software security vulnerabilities stem from pointer-related bugs, a problem Java aimed to reduce.
James Gosling · James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing
The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) abstracts hardware differences, simplifying cross-platform software development.
James Gosling · James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing
James Gosling's Emacs implementation in C for Unix became widely adopted in the research community.
James Gosling · James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing
Gosling argues that the myth of successful leaders being jerks is misleading, citing many kind successful people.
James Gosling · James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing
Voices on internet evolution
5 standout quotes from across the corpus.
Go read
5 books and papers cited across these episodes.
For the specialist
What experts find new
2 expert-level takeaways for a specialist reader.
At the frontier
Still unresolved
2 open questions flagged across these conversations.
The thinkers
Who takes this idea on, by how often they return to it.