Lessons from a Life as Roadkill

From a good vantage point, the developments in computing and networking over the last generation foreshadows much of the development of current cutting-edge activities. As this conference indicates, it may be possible to learn from the lessons of the last thirty years about the issues that will need to be faced in the next phase of our networked lives. In particular, the unexpected consequences of past invention should serve as good lessons for the future. This talk will discuss some of the challenges, technical and social, that have occurred in the emergence of networking over the last thirty years and identify several key areas and issues that appear to be bearing down on us again.

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