Assorted Materials: Johnny Ryan

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Interview with Tim Wu

Posted by: johnnyryan on: 12 June 2009

Tim Wu was speaking at the IIEA in Dublin on 25 May. I had a talk with him on the record about Theodore Vail, AT&T Bell, net neutrality, Internet regulation, Google and “the temptation of Goolge”, norms on the Internet, and the future of mobile networks.

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Innovation in the shadow of the Nuke

Posted by: johnnyryan on: 10 May 2009

Researching my forthcoming book on the history of the ‘Net, I’m investigating the nuclear context.
By the mid 1960s the Air Force had upgraded its early nuclear missiles to use solid-state propellants. The new solid-state weapons brought the launch time down from eight hours to a matter of minutes. Yet while US missiles were becoming easier [...]

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I'm interested in 4 things: A) THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET AND ITS LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE; B) Ireland’s Digital Competitiveness; c) the Political Impact of the Internet; D) How ideas - including violent political ideas - are communicated online.

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