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“But imagine an incident far more disruptive and deadly when we really needed to move masses of people quickly. The major transportation and travel institutions that would do the mass movement of people seem to be woefully unprepared and unable to scale up quickly” – David Weinberger

Ironic given the internet’s origins as a national defense project.

Though, the same problem exists with our nation’s highway system.

Back in art school – I built a table that fell apart when anything was placed on it. No, that project was not funded by DARPA.

Author Garrick van BurenPosted on April 19, 2010Categories General

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