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Summary

This document appears to be a page from a manuscript or report discussing the history of cyber warfare, computing, and the concept of 'Time Superiority' in conflict. It contrasts traditional military power with networked power, citing the Syrian Electronic Army, and narrates the emergence of Robert Tappan Morris's computing device in 1988 as a rival to Danny Hillis's Connection Machine. The page bears a House Oversight Bates stamp, suggesting it was part of a congressional investigation.

People (5)

Name Role Context
Danny Hillis Computer Scientist
Leader of the team behind the Connection Machine in 1988.
Robert Tappan Morris Creator of a 'strange machine' (likely the Morris Worm)
28-year-old Cornell graduate student in 1988.
Robert Morris Sr. NSA Scientist
Father of Robert Tappan Morris, described as 'legendary'.
Nicholas Spykman Historian
Quoted from 1942 regarding airpower and three-dimensional envelopment.
Edwin Grohe Author
Cited in footnote 210 regarding the Syrian Civil War.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
Syrian Electronic Army
Mentioned as a group hijacking websites and injecting malicious code.
NSA
National Security Agency, employer of Robert Morris Sr.
Cornell
University attended by Robert Tappan Morris.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.

Timeline (2 events)

1942
Nicholas Spykman writes about airpower.
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Fall 1988
Danny Hillis and team working on the Connection Machine; appearance of Robert Tappan Morris's parallel machine.
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Locations (1)

Location Context
Used as a hypothetical location for using networked tools ('Walk the Vatican with an historian in your ear').

Relationships (2)

He was the son of Robert Morris Sr.
Danny Hillis Professional Competitors (Indirect) Robert Tappan Morris
Morris's machine appeared at the same moment Hillis was peddling the Connection Machine; Morris's machine was described as faster.

Key Quotes (4)

"Only large states are able to resist three-dimensional envelopment"
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"Time Superiority."
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"If we can dominate you from above, nearly anything seems possible. But networks add a fourth dimension."
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"It was, everyone who saw it agreed, an extremely strange machine."
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