ARPANET

Cal Newport and Tim Ferriss Revisit “The 4-Hour Workweek” Plus Much More! | The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss

Predecessor to the internet, noted as the context for which email was originally designed for defense purposes.

Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion & the Nature of Belief | Lex Fridman Podcast #149

Lex Fridman

The proto-internet, on which Jacques Vallée worked. Its early concepts included ideas of neural and psychic connections, showing an early vision of technology augmenting human intellect.

James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing | Lex Fridman Podcast #126

Lex Fridman

The precursor to the Internet, where James Gosling observed early forms of social interaction like email and text messaging, which greatly shaped his view of the future internet.

Grant Sanderson: Math, Manim, Neural Networks & Teaching with 3Blue1Brown | Lex Fridman Podcast #118

Lex Fridman

Predecessor to the internet, its development was funded by the US government primarily for national defense purposes during the Vietnam War.

E26: State of Venture Capital, plus fan questions on longevity, decentralization & quantum computing

All-In Podcast

Mentioned as a project where government de-risked early-stage technology, contributing to the internet's development.

Tim Sweeney: Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and the Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #467

Lex Fridman

The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, an early version of the internet that started as a defense department research project.

First Time on the Internet (Internet at 50) - Computerphile

Computerphile

The Greatest Story Ever Told Part II

ColdFusion

Patrick Collison — CEO of Stripe | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

The precursor to the internet, whose development was instigated and funded by J.C.R. Licklider.