Irving on the Web

Fresh from attending the Highlands Forum:

Let's remember that DoD's [US Department of Defense] Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) started the ARPANET project, which later became the Internet.
The fact that the Internet, started by DoD for very legitimate defense purposes, has become the world's platform for communication, information and innovation, with contributions from people and institutions from around the world, is precisely the point. Snippets from Irving Wladawsky-Berger's blog