🌐 Internet History

Chronicles of how a network of cables and protocols reshaped civilization, from ARPANET's first transmissions to the platform-dominated world we navigate today.

The New New Thing

by Michael Lewis • 1999

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

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💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital ⚡ Disruption 📈 Tech Ipos

The New New Thing

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

by Michael Lewis 1999

3.76

10k+ ratings

💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital ⚡ Disruption 📈 Tech Ipos

Read Write Own

by Chris Dixon • 2024

The architecture for internet networks no single company can control: ownership built into the code.

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🔑 Digital Ownership 🪙 Token Economics 🔗 Network Effects ⛓️ Decentralization 📊 Crypto Economics

Read Write Own

The architecture for internet networks no single company can control: ownership built into the code.

by Chris Dixon 2024

3.93

2k+ ratings

🔑 Digital Ownership 🪙 Token Economics 🔗 Network Effects ⛓️ Decentralization 📊 Crypto Economics

Valley of Genius

by Adam Fisher • 2018

A stolen Xerox demo, hot-tubbing engineers, and the real conversations that built the Valley.

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🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Tech History 🎙️ Oral History 🏢 Tech Giants 💰 Dot-Com Bubble

Valley of Genius

A stolen Xerox demo, hot-tubbing engineers, and the real conversations that built the Valley.

by Adam Fisher 2018

4.08

1k+ ratings

🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Tech History 🎙️ Oral History 🏢 Tech Giants 💰 Dot-Com Bubble

In the Plex

by Steven Levy • 2011

Inside Google: how two PhD students turned a search engine into the operating system of modern life.

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🏢 Corporate History ⚙️ Engineering Culture 💻 Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Origin Stories 🔗 Platform Business

In the Plex

Inside Google: how two PhD students turned a search engine into the operating system of modern life.

by Steven Levy 2011

3.84

30k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate History ⚙️ Engineering Culture 💻 Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Origin Stories 🔗 Platform Business

The Innovators

by Walter Isaacson • 2011

The digital revolution wasn't born in garages but in teams of hackers, engineers, and visionaries.

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🖥️ Computer History 🤝 Collaborative Innovation 🏞️ Silicon Valley Origins 💻 Digital Revolution 👥 Pioneers Of Computing

The Innovators

The digital revolution wasn't born in garages but in teams of hackers, engineers, and visionaries.

by Walter Isaacson 2011

4.12

40k+ ratings

🖥️ Computer History 🤝 Collaborative Innovation 🏞️ Silicon Valley Origins 💻 Digital Revolution 👥 Pioneers Of Computing

Cult of the Dead Cow

by Joseph Menn • 2019

From BBS pranks to Pentagon briefings: how a hacker collective wrote the playbook for cyberdefense.

3.75

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💻 Hacker Culture ✊ Hacktivism 🛡️ Ethical Hacking ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🔐 Digital Rights

Cult of the Dead Cow

From BBS pranks to Pentagon briefings: how a hacker collective wrote the playbook for cyberdefense.

by Joseph Menn 2019

3.75

2k+ ratings

💻 Hacker Culture ✊ Hacktivism 🛡️ Ethical Hacking ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🔐 Digital Rights

The Founders

by Jimmy Soni • 2022

The PayPal story is not about one genius. It is about what happens when brilliant misfits collide.

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🏢 Startup Culture 🌉 Silicon Valley 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔗 Network Effects 🔄 Startup Pivots

The Founders

The PayPal story is not about one genius. It is about what happens when brilliant misfits collide.

by Jimmy Soni 2022

4.23

4k+ ratings

🏢 Startup Culture 🌉 Silicon Valley 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔗 Network Effects 🔄 Startup Pivots

Dark Territory

by Fred Kaplan • 2016

Reagan asked if 'WarGames' was real. The answer launched a covert digital war still raging today.

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🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕵️ Digital Espionage 🏛️ Cybersecurity Policy 👁️ Government Surveillance 📡 Information Warfare

Dark Territory

Reagan asked if 'WarGames' was real. The answer launched a covert digital war still raging today.

by Fred Kaplan 2016

3.90

3k+ ratings

🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕵️ Digital Espionage 🏛️ Cybersecurity Policy 👁️ Government Surveillance 📡 Information Warfare

Google It

by Anna Crowley Redding • 2018

Two Stanford students, a garage, and an algorithm that ranked the entire web by importance.

4.00

617

🏢 Tech Company History 🌉 Silicon Valley Startups 📖 Corporate Biography 🧮 Algorithmic Thinking 🏗️ Company Culture

Google It

Two Stanford students, a garage, and an algorithm that ranked the entire web by importance.

by Anna Crowley Redding 2018

4.00

617 ratings

🏢 Tech Company History 🌉 Silicon Valley Startups 📖 Corporate Biography 🧮 Algorithmic Thinking 🏗️ Company Culture

Hackers & Painters

by Paul Graham • 2004

Making beautiful things, breaking dumb rules, and why the kid you ignored is building your future.

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🌉 Silicon Valley Culture 💻 Hacker Ethos 🏢 Startup Culture ⚙️ Software Engineering ⌨️ Programming Languages

Hackers & Painters

Making beautiful things, breaking dumb rules, and why the kid you ignored is building your future.

by Paul Graham 2004

4.05

10k+ ratings

🌉 Silicon Valley Culture 💻 Hacker Ethos 🏢 Startup Culture ⚙️ Software Engineering ⌨️ Programming Languages

How the Internet Happened

by Brian McCullough • 2018

The Internet was not inevitable: a handful of companies built it in a frantic twenty-year race.

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💸 Dot-Com Bubble 🔧 Tech History 🌉 Silicon Valley History 🧭 Internet Pioneers ⚔️ Corporate Rivalry

How the Internet Happened

The Internet was not inevitable: a handful of companies built it in a frantic twenty-year race.

by Brian McCullough 2018

4.27

2k+ ratings

💸 Dot-Com Bubble 🔧 Tech History 🌉 Silicon Valley History 🧭 Internet Pioneers ⚔️ Corporate Rivalry

Social Media Is Bullshit

by B.J. Mendelson • 2012

Viral success is mostly fake. The boring alternative costs less and actually works.

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📱 Social Media Criticism 🕵️ Marketing Skepticism 🎈 Debunking Hype 📰 Traditional PR 🎯 Audience Strategy

Social Media Is Bullshit

Viral success is mostly fake. The boring alternative costs less and actually works.

by B.J. Mendelson 2012

3.40

350 ratings

📱 Social Media Criticism 🕵️ Marketing Skepticism 🎈 Debunking Hype 📰 Traditional PR 🎯 Audience Strategy

Broad Band

by Claire L. Evans • 2018

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

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👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism 🤝 Online Community

Broad Band

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

by Claire L. Evans 2018

3.93

2k+ ratings

👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism 🤝 Online Community

If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable

by Mikko Hypponen • 2021

Every connected device is a target. A cybersecurity veteran maps the attack surface of modern life.

4.10

2k+

🔒 Cybersecurity 🔍 Digital Privacy ⚔️ Cyberwarfare 🎣 Social Engineering 💰 Cryptocurrency

If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable

Every connected device is a target. A cybersecurity veteran maps the attack surface of modern life.

by Mikko Hypponen 2021

4.10

2k+ ratings

🔒 Cybersecurity 🔍 Digital Privacy ⚔️ Cyberwarfare 🎣 Social Engineering 💰 Cryptocurrency

The Imagineers of War

by Sharon Weinberger • 2017

DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.

3.69

565

🛰️ Cold War Science 🔬 Defense Research 🏛️ Institutional History 🌍 Counterinsurgency 🛸 Drone Warfare

The Imagineers of War

DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.

by Sharon Weinberger 2017

3.69

565 ratings

🛰️ Cold War Science 🔬 Defense Research 🏛️ Institutional History 🌍 Counterinsurgency 🛸 Drone Warfare

Lurking

by Joanne McNeil • 2020

Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.

3.75

889

💻 Digital Culture 🌐 Online Communities 📊 Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🪪 Digital Identity

Lurking

Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.

by Joanne McNeil 2020

3.75

889 ratings

💻 Digital Culture 🌐 Online Communities 📊 Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🪪 Digital Identity

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