[Air-L] 'MEN Invented the Internet'?

[Thomas Jones]

I disagree with the title of the article.

It should read: 'GEEKS Invented the Internet'  (Along with the US Army, and AT&T for the most part)

Three very good books on the invention of the Internet are:

Where Wizzards Stay Up Late
Who Controls the Internet: Illusions of a Borderless World
The Master Switch 


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Subject: Re: [Air-L] 'MEN Invented the Internet'?

The thing that bothered me third-most about that lede, after its
flagrant inaccuracy and sexism, is that the issue of who invented the
Internet is irrelevant to the article's content. Venture capitalists
don't invent anything--they tend to leave that to the folks on the
payroll. So that makes the lede inaccurate, sexist, and a red herring--a
trifecta of terribleness. ~DEEN

PS. You may be interested in the recent edited volume "Race After the
Internet" (eds. Lisa Nakamura and Peter Chow-White), which contains an
entire section on "The History of Race and Information."

On 6/5/2012 1:28 PM, Conley, Tara wrote:
> Hi list members,
>
> In case you haven't already seen David Streitfeld's controversial NYTimes
> piece this weekend, here it
> is<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/technology/lawsuit-against-kleiner-perkins-is-shaking-silicon-valley.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimes>.
> The controversy stems from his lede, "MEN invented the Internet'. You may
> also be interested in the response from tech journalist Xeni
> Jardin<http://boingboing.net/2012/06/03/nyt-men-invented-the-inter.html>
> .
>
> I also wrote a response piece about the controversy from an historical
> perspective for Ms.
> Magazine<http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/06/04/the-women-and-people-of-color-who-invented-the-internet/>
>   today.
>
> Interesting to think about the history of the Internet in terms of gender
> and 'race' consciousness, no?
>
> Also, if any list members could recommend further reading on Internet
> history (including computing) that includes discussions about gender,
> 'race', and so forth, I'd appreciate it!
>
> Tara
>


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