Technological

The Internet

Summary

Originating from US military research in the 1960s, the Internet evolved into a global public network. The creation of the World Wide Web in the 1990s made it accessible to the public, sparking an information revolution that has reshaped nearly every aspect of modern life, from commerce and education to social interaction and politics.

"The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had."

— Eric Schmidt