The creation of the internet aimed to make information and opportunity accessible to all by fostering advances in technology. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which funded and created the internet, employed scientists and engineers who believed they could make the world a better place with their inventions. This team eventually split into two groups. One group was interested in the new technology for its own sake, while the other group, identifying as counter-cultural humanists, believed that the internet held great potential for humankind by making information and opportunity accessible to all.
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