Archaeology of the Russian Internet. Telepathy, Telebridges and Other Cold War Techtopias

This book is a fascinating journey through the cultural layers, preceding the Internet. A sweeping picture is presented to the reader: the concepts of Russian cosmologists are alternated with the insights of Californian hippies, experiments with telepathy initiate people's diplomacy and telebridges, military developments by the Pentagon help to create a unified computer network. This is the fascinating story how dreams of a life without borders - geographical, political, physical - lead one into the perfect world of infinite communication.

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