Did Al Gore Invent The Internet?
This silly question is raised quite often, so we thought we’d address it here real quick.
The comment in question was raised way back in March of 1999 when Al visited Wolf Blitzer on CNN. Wolf was asking Al what differentiated himself from Democratic challenger, Bill Bradley of New Jersey. His response was, quote:
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country’s economic growth and environmental protection…
Now, clearly, Al wasn’t posturing himself as the creator of the internet here. He was simply mentioning, from a legislative and governmental sense, he helped nurture the technology that became the internet today.
Internet or not, we all value Al’s work. And the world’s a better place cause he’s here : )
