Q: What was your path to becoming a pioneer of the internet?
I got introduced to a computer for the first time in 1958.
And a couple years later I started programming.
How could any human being produce this kind of sound?
But I got to the point where I was juggling cello lessons and programming computers.
And programming computers was so fascinating.
You create your own little universe, and then it does what you tell it to do.
Q: Tell us about your role in the invention of the internet.
A: [Electrical engineer] Bob Kahn and I did the design in 1973.
We published a paper in 1974, and then we started implementing it.
Q: What is your biggest regret when you consider how the internet has changed our lives?
Im unhappy that the internet is host to that.
But its like every infrastructure.
And we dont look to get rid of cars.
Q: Are you concerned at all that the internet isolates people, forces them into self-selected bubbles?
We do the same thing with which books we read, which movies we watch.
Ive discovered that searching the internet doesnt necessarily get you only to the thing that you were looking for.
This is part of critical thinking.
