I t was the dawn of a new era, a shift that would completely transform the way the world communicated, shared information, and connected. We are at the dawn of the Internet, the digital revolution that would mark a milestone in the history of humanity. It was the year 1969, in the middle of the Cold War, when the first step was taken in the creation of a network of interconnected computers. Under the name ARPANET, a project of the United States Department of Defense, a small group of scientists and engineers began work on building a communication network capable of withstanding nuclear attacks and keeping the lines of communication open. In those days, computers were monstrous, room-filling machines that communicated through tape and punched cards. But these brave pioneers envisioned a world in which computers could talk to each other, sharing information and resources instantly. On October 29, 1969, at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), t...