Silicon Valley (TRIH ep 94, part 2)
1989 · Resource
In this second part of a two-part series on the history of Silicon Valley, hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Mark 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.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1989
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Gulf War (1990)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)
- That's The Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson) (1993)
- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)
- Pop music: the 1980s (1980)