he was in the navy staff before that though, isn't that where the arpanet / internet came frm, the navy?
i've seen interviews where this was addressed, and he didn't claim to invent the thing - but a case could be made that he helped shepherd it in a bureaucratic manner.
i don't think at that stage it was meant for the general public, wasn't it supposed to protect government computer networks after a nuclear war or something?
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