Silicon Valley (TRIH eps 93-94)
1994 · Resource
In this second part of a two-part series on the history of Silicon Valley, hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Marc Andreessen about the internet’s historical significance and future impact. Andreessen discusses the filter-bubble debate, comparing the internet’s cultural effects to the printing press and earlier technological shifts. He expands on his essay “How Software is Eating the World,” framing software as a lever that transforms real-world institutions and economies. The...
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Around 1994
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Gulf War (1990)
- War on Terror (2001)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- That's The Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson) (1993)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)