Unexpected Histories: Spotting Patterns and Making Connections That Others Miss

Edward W. Barnard

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Table of Contents

The Day the Internet Died

The Day the Internet Died
Silicon Valley Takedown
- Conga Line
- A View to a Kill
- Picking Rocks
- Historic Game Plan
- Remembering Microsoft
- Getting Serious
- Summary
Transcontinental Railroad

The First Silicon Valley Unicorn Startup

The Bigger They Come
The First Silicon Valley Unicorn Startup
“Incipient” Battles

The Secret in Arlington

The Secret in Arlington
Return With Honor
The Salem Trials

Safe Havens Then and Now

First Rate
- Sunken Treasure
- Age of Sail
- Ninth Rate
Safe Havens Then and Now
Where Computers Come From

Top Secret Ultra

Top Secret Ultra
Bill Norris and Seymour Cray
Control Data Corporation

Road Map

Appendix A. HPC Tradecraft Road Map
- The 1995 Barrier
- Two Series
- Book 1. HPC Tradecraft for Computer Scientists: What We Stopped Teaching
- Book 2. Nobody but Us: A History of Cray Research and the Building of the World’s Fastest Supercomputer
- Book 3. The Wizard’s Lens: Learn to Think Like AI
- Book 4. High-Stakes Ethics
- Book 5. Unexpected Histories: Spotting Patterns and Making Connections That Others Miss
- Book 6. Constraint-Based Design: A Gateway to AI

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The Bot Concession

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Twitter Takes a Look

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Impact

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Summary

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Safe Havens Then and Now
St. Paul’s Layover Agreement
The Bot Concession
Twitter Takes a Look
Impact
Summary