Okay... so who created the Internet? Ever wonder? This is a fascinating theme
I explore in my second book of the Calla Cress Thrillers - COVERT INTERFERENCE. Though I do not delve into a deep
discussion, nevertheless the story brings Calla, Nash and Jack to question
this riddle before they can defeat their enemy Mason Laskfell. Here is an excerpt of that conversation from the book and a link below to that answer:
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Chapter 24
China: 0621 hrs.
Nash set a hand on
Calla’s knee. “We’ll be out of here soon.”
“Mason is keen on
playing god,” Jack said.
Sudden anger lit
in Calla’s eyes. “He can’t.”
“Think of it,”
Jack said, as sweat prickled his scalp. “If any government or corporation fails
to cooperate with him, they risk network infection.”
Nash drew in a
sharp breath. “You mean he’ll hack their networks anyway?”
“Exactly,” replied
Jack. “That’s what the NASA hacks and those of the British Parliament have been
about. He’s demonstrated that he is capable.”
Nash rose digging
his hands into his hair. “Then global networks are at a standstill.”
Calla peered from
one friend to another. “The only way anyone can stay secure and resist him is
to stop using a cell phone, tablet, company network, a flight, e-mail or even a
Wi-Fi system . . .”
Nash took a seat
next to her on the rough blanket beneath them. “Essentially, anything related
to a network.”
Calla breathed
hard. Her usually lively eyes sparkled with weariness. “The choice will be to
discard every item of technology we use, or cower under Mason’s radar. Think of
it. Everything uses technology and a network. Even the food we eat.” She shot
up and slammed a fist in her palm. “We can’t let that happen. That would mean rewriting
history, going back to the drawing boards and starting a new Internet, a new
world. I became a curator to explain history and take us into the future, not
to destroy it. Which is what will happen, either way we go?”
“That’s right
Cal,” Nash said. “We can’t let him take the network world hostage and risk
redrafting a major part of history. The idea of data communications between
computers began in the late sixties and early seventies. Researchers began
progressing ways of connecting computers and exchanging information. If those
network avenues are compromised, then so is network history. We would have to
start again, or . . .” He glimpsed at Jack. “Hack his software like we did last
time.”
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So there you have it. But let’s hear
more here in this video first posted on AllTop's Holy Kaw page. Thanks guys.
Who Created the Internet Video and Why? by Kurzgesagt
Who Created the Internet Video and Why? by Kurzgesagt
