With Web3 gathering more momentum than ever before across the entire tech ecosystem,

what can we learn from the recent past of tech adoption?

In this episode from December 2018, author and podcaster Brian McCullough talks with A16Z general partner Chris Dixon about

the origins of the internet.

Based on Brian's book, How the Internet Happened, from Netscape to the iPhone, which covers the beginning of the internet

era now known as Web 1.0 through the dot-com boom and bust, the beginning of Web 2.0 and the advent of

mobile with the iPhone.

They discuss lessons learned, how innovation doesn't always happen in a straight line, and

what the past can tell us about the next phase of the Internet technology and the future.

Hi, this is the A60Z podcast and today we have Brian McCullough, the author of the

recent awesome book which I just read called How the internet happened from Netscape to the iPhone.

Thanks for being here Brian. Thanks for having me Chris. So I thought was a really fun book. I guess I had lived through some of it and

knew some firsthand and had heard a lot of the stories from some of the principles or sort of second

hand.

I'll say first I really like the book because as far as everything I knew, which I'd say maybe

more than half of it or something from first or second hand, it was very accurate.

And so I just appreciate that.

I appreciate you saying that.

And then number two is really entertaining.

It was a great read.

I highly recommend reading it.

But then the third thing is, you know, I think it's a great resource, especially for younger people who are interested in technology or I guess, you know, in some ways everyone might be interested in the internet these days, right? Even if they're not in the technology industry, they probably should be interested in the internet. I just think it's a great resource to have, you know, kind of this, but may become the canonical

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