42. (Misc 3) Did Al Gore Really Invent the Internet?

Internet History Podcast

• Episode: 42. (Misc 3) Did Al Gore Really Invent the Internet?
• Website: Internet History Podcast
• Feed URL: https://rss.acast.com/internethistorypodcast
• Duration: 00:26:09
• Published: 2014-11-24 15:48

I think it’s something that we all sort of “know.” That Al Gore claimed he invented the Internet. I remember this being a small political issue at the time of the 2000 election, but I honestly never cared enough to investigate the details. Last weekend, however, I went down a research rabbit-hole and decided to find out the truth. Not because I’m a huge Al Gore fan, or because I’m looking to score points against him either. I was just genuinely interested, and wanted to find out the historical truth— not just the partisan-tinged conventional wisdom.

So, here is what I found out.

A full transcript of the CNN interview we talk about can be found here.

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