Unanticipated and Contingent Influences on the Evolution of the Internet

Опубликовано 6 сентября 2016, 17:59

From our vantage point, one could easily assume that the Internet fol¬lowed a deliberate, highly rational, and even obvious path from its be¬ginnings to today’s dominant networking technology. This talk will ex¬plore the unintended consequences of this and perhaps any major technological advance. What are the differences in conceptualization, anticipation, and realization of a technology, and how do those differences affect its ultimate imple¬mentation and adoption in the marketplace? How does the way tech¬nology is funded, evaluated, and invented affect the eventual outcome?