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Did you know that the Soviet Union was years ahead of the US in developing the cybernetics technologies that underpinned the Internet? They had a real head start and were very close to developing a nation-wide computer system! Yet every single Internet project in the USSR ended up getting delayed or cancelled until the whole country collapsed. In today's SideQuest, we'll learn just how close the Soviets were to inventing the Internet, and why, ultimately, they failed.
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Michael Casolary, Alex Newman, Titus Proctor, Clark Teeple, Stoeoef, Quan Van, SerialConvert, Jamesie112, Santos, Oliver McKowen, William DeLoach, Jackie, Victoria Nadasdi, Diogo Freitas, Viddax, Matty Manziel, AirToxic mist, Matthew Kay, uthari Drake, Daniel, Duck Dogers
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0:00 - Cybernetics in the USSR
5:22 - Glushkov & OGAS
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Further Reading:
“How Not to Network a Nation: The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet” by Benjamin Peters - google.com/books/edition/How_Not_to_Network_a_Nation/PBBQDAAAQBAJ
Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=SIDEQUEST and use my code SIDEQUEST to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev.
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Did you know that the Soviet Union was years ahead of the US in developing the cybernetics technologies that underpinned the Internet? They had a real head start and were very close to developing a nation-wide computer system! Yet every single Internet project in the USSR ended up getting delayed or cancelled until the whole country collapsed. In today's SideQuest, we'll learn just how close the Soviets were to inventing the Internet, and why, ultimately, they failed.
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If you'd like to see more of these videos, consider supporting me on Patreon: patreon.com/sidequest_channel
Have a fancy historical idea you'd like me to cover? Drop a comment and let me know!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
A big THANK YOU to the selfless supporters of SideQuest for their limitless generosity:
Michael Casolary, Alex Newman, Titus Proctor, Clark Teeple, Stoeoef, Quan Van, SerialConvert, Jamesie112, Santos, Oliver McKowen, William DeLoach, Jackie, Victoria Nadasdi, Diogo Freitas, Viddax, Matty Manziel, AirToxic mist, Matthew Kay, uthari Drake, Daniel, Duck Dogers
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0:00 - Cybernetics in the USSR
5:22 - Glushkov & OGAS
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Further Reading:
“How Not to Network a Nation: The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet” by Benjamin Peters - google.com/books/edition/How_Not_to_Network_a_Nation/PBBQDAAAQBAJ
