IP: First Cells, Then Species, Now the Web

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>From: "Mike Anderson" <manders3@columbus.rr.com>
>
>Dave,
>
>This is a pretty interesting exploration of some current network theories I
>thought you might like to pass along to IP.
>
>Mike
>
>December 26, 2000
>First Cells, Then Species, Now the Web
>By GEORGE JOHNSON
>
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>As the Internet continues to proliferate, it has become natural to think of
>it biologically - as a flourishing ecosystem of computers or a sprawling
>brain of Pentium-powered neurons. However you mix and match metaphors, it is
>hard to escape the eerie feeling that an alien presence has fallen to earth,
>confronting scientists with something new to prod and understand.
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/26/science/26WEBS.html?pagewanted=all



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