Impact - The Internet Today
"This ARPA program has created no less than a revolution in computer technology and has been one of the most successful projects ever undertaken by ARPA.
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The full impact of the technical changes set in motion by this project may not be understood for many years."
- ARPANET Completion Report
Global Internet Map 2012. (Click to enlarge)
"The Internet has affected every aspect of our lives - education, business, commerce, entertainment, the list goes on and on. It has been a democratizing agent, in terms of giving everybody access to the information that’s out there. It’s been a terrific boom socially, commercially, et cetera. That’s a discussion we could have forever."
- Leonard Kleinrock, 3/13/13
It was only a matter of time until something bigger and better came along: the World Wide Web. Ultimately, the ARPANET’s greatest impacts were the Internet and its numerous effects on modern culture, society, and economy.