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4:21Gaiman on Copyright Piracy and the Web
366K views • 15 years ago
OpenRightsGroup
Neil Gaiman tells the Open Rights Group how the internet and piracy affect books and publishing. He describes how free web copies of his books boosted sales.
4:42Donald Knuth - My advice to young people (93/97)
720K views • 14 years ago
Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People
A five-minute clip from Donald Knuth's Web of Stories interviews in which he gives advice to young people, including being wary when too many people adopt an idea.
7:54Bill Gates Explains the Internet to Dave (1995) | Letterman
1.8M views • 4 years ago
Letterman
A 1995 Letterman appearance in which Bill Gates explains the origins of Microsoft and tries to convince Dave to get a computer and get online.
Topic match · Internet culture & memes
16:34Steve Huffman (Reddit) | TNW Conference | Inside the Biggest Online Community
18K views • 10 years ago
TNW
A fireside chat at TNW Conference where Reddit CEO Steve Huffman discusses Reddit's growth, user engagement and monetisation plans.
Topic match · Internet culture & memes
6:36Freeman Dyson - Fermi's rejection of our work (94/157)
257K views • 10 years ago
Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People
Freeman Dyson recounts how Enrico Fermi rejected his team's meson scattering model, noting that it had too many free parameters. It is the source of the quote about fitting an elephant.
5:40Jeff Bezos 1997 Interview
1.9M views • 12 years ago
Chuck Severance
A 1997 interview with Jeff Bezos taped at a Special Libraries conference, where he explains why Amazon started with books and why the web made it possible. He calls it the Kitty Hawk stage of electronic commerce.