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Doug's avatar

Possibly the most remarkable thing about this terrific essay is that it is on a platform where the subject in an investor.

I hope he reads it!

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Well researched. The only thing I'd add is that HTTP was developed at CERN and virtual memory addressing in Britain: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1052073/attachments/2416333/4181516/BenSegal-TCPIPtalk-CERN-Academic-Training-20220511.pdf

https://ethw.org/Milestones:Atlas_Computer_and_the_Invention_of_Virtual_Memory,_1957-1962

Also NLNet helped develop internet infrastructure: https://nlnet.nl/foundation/history/

I think calling the economics Nobel "fake" is a bit thin without more expository. At the very least, I'd agree Alfred Nobel didn't include it in his will. But added later.

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