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Andrew Blum: What is the Internet, really? 

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When a squirrel chewed through a cable and knocked him offline, journalist Andrew Blum started wondering what the Internet was really made of. So he set out to go see it -- the underwater cables, secret switches and other physical bits that make up the net.
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@ggirl705
@ggirl705 3 года назад
Lol all the comments talking about being here for BCIS course
@arichmind19
@arichmind19 2 года назад
Well I’m not here for BCIS but I’m here for a Digital humanities class😂
@emilymartinez8046
@emilymartinez8046 2 года назад
Yes
@Dark_light7
@Dark_light7 3 года назад
Who else is here to make a summary for their BCIS class?
@johnw3736
@johnw3736 3 года назад
Shout out to San Jac
@nahriahrivera
@nahriahrivera 2 года назад
@@BigchillBeats999 bro y’all all live in Texas ? I go to phs😭
@Sebastian-wr4ym
@Sebastian-wr4ym 2 года назад
@@johnw3736 Aye, which school you go to like south, central?
@Sebastian-wr4ym
@Sebastian-wr4ym 2 года назад
@@nahriahrivera pasadena high school wack. pasadena memorial is better
@johnw3736
@johnw3736 2 года назад
@@Sebastian-wr4ym went to south, over at UHCL now.
@jaybranno
@jaybranno 11 лет назад
Just finished reading his book Tubes and its amazing, was really nice to see some of the pictures he took during this talk and visually see the things he witnessed in the expansion of the internet.
@MilkSteakOverHard
@MilkSteakOverHard 2 года назад
"Light goes in on one side of the ocean and comes out on the other side of the ocean" I genuinely came here to learn about the internet but I feel like this is some sort of poetic fusion between the art of words and the art that is technology as we know and understand it. This alone is a form of art.
@lLEGENDRADIO1
@lLEGENDRADIO1 2 года назад
It's just waxing lyrical about the internet, basically playing with words. A squirrel chewing on your internet...really, is this comedy? How about a squirrel chewing on my internet's medium?
@EdEditz
@EdEditz 11 лет назад
I worked in a factory where they make these under sea fiber optic cables. I was in quality control testing these babies. Very cool job actually.
@GeethaSindhuriBarabari
@GeethaSindhuriBarabari 6 лет назад
such an enlightening video, so fascinating!
@haleylogsdon8791
@haleylogsdon8791 9 лет назад
I hope in my field of study some event will inspire me to explore and discover answers to curiosities presenting themselves in the most interesting of manners.
@deificdeus2400
@deificdeus2400 3 года назад
Has such an event taken place yet
@michalnewton1885
@michalnewton1885 2 года назад
I indeed am too curious of what magnitude the event would have to posses in order for your inspiration to occur?
@Hazz3r
@Hazz3r 11 лет назад
Loved the talk. Great job.
@PaintballVideosNet
@PaintballVideosNet 8 лет назад
8:29 Got a sleeper.
@idontknowchris
@idontknowchris 2 месяца назад
ooo I shall now find, screenshot, and publicly SHAME THEM!! lmfao can you imagine waking up and finding out you'd missed out on such a great fkn presentation tho?? I'd be pissed.
@DubaiGuy08
@DubaiGuy08 11 лет назад
Brilliant! Blum is right, once the workers cover the manhole with sand, we forget how physical the internet really is.
@Cliffyboy16
@Cliffyboy16 6 лет назад
Wow, what a perspective!!! This man was quite successful in explaining the physicality of something as abstract as the internet. Really enjoyed listening to him
@dandined
@dandined 11 лет назад
I enjoyed this talk. Thank you :) I want to know more about how we are all physically connected. Well done :)
@agiritaofeek1429
@agiritaofeek1429 Год назад
Beautiful presentation
@shango02005
@shango02005 11 лет назад
I really enjoyed this talk!
@Shahrajat5
@Shahrajat5 5 лет назад
I love you Sir...Andrew Blum was too amazing!!!
@owenkilleen
@owenkilleen 11 лет назад
how are under ground/sea, wires, involved with 'wireless', broadband, internet?
@brtweets7827
@brtweets7827 10 лет назад
loved this.. really insightful .. i was aware of just how physical the internet is.. but in this incredibly visual time we live in.. it takes seeing the guy coming out of the sea holding the internet cable first, before you can truely imagine a guy coming out of the sea holding the internet.cable
@Krkrbs419
@Krkrbs419 11 лет назад
It's amazing to think more then a hundred years ago we where doing the same thing with telegraph cables.
@fromthemoonandmybed
@fromthemoonandmybed 3 года назад
Imagine having to take the same classes twice this is my second time watching this video 😭
@me168716
@me168716 8 лет назад
came here for my bcis class but dam he cute
@rainbowharlow5739
@rainbowharlow5739 8 лет назад
+me168716 lol no kidding
@darklove154
@darklove154 7 лет назад
girl he gay af smh lol
@mishdonatella105
@mishdonatella105 7 лет назад
me168716 girl I thought the same too lmao
@mishdonatella105
@mishdonatella105 6 лет назад
j j loser
@bdape419
@bdape419 6 лет назад
lol same do you go to san jac in Houston?
@boomtao
@boomtao 11 лет назад
I don't understand the negative comments. This is fascinating! Too bad it was cut off, I would have liked to see the entire lecture.
@gokulvellingiri4445
@gokulvellingiri4445 3 года назад
That's really amazing
@BenGenio
@BenGenio 11 лет назад
I'm not sure why, but I feel stupid after watching this video. I am amazed at how interested this guy is in something so obvious (to me). And also how enthusiastic he is in sharing this information with us, like a child discovering something new, and sharing it with his parents. Not sure the TED audience is the right audience for this.
@diaryofabadsinger
@diaryofabadsinger 3 года назад
I think he’s trying to be as fun and engaging as possible, so that people who’d never otherwise concentrate long enough to understand this from a lecture or textbook actually do. This is awesome.
@vanlongnguyen7682
@vanlongnguyen7682 2 года назад
WOW, it's so incredible
@goxr3plus_studio
@goxr3plus_studio 6 лет назад
Incredible!!! ♥
@DAVIDSDIEGO
@DAVIDSDIEGO 11 лет назад
It was pretty cool to witness a cable landing, in Guam, back in 2009...
@coreydoyle4702
@coreydoyle4702 11 лет назад
He wanted to see it, and touch it. It's very important that we know how things that we use, work. What makes a notification on your phone possible, and more importantly, how the world works. -Cheers
@tessmacie9924
@tessmacie9924 3 года назад
Thank You!
@omianova7474
@omianova7474 4 года назад
Can someone summarize this for me its for a assignment for school lol
@othermagknowsbeauty
@othermagknowsbeauty 4 года назад
same lol
@andresm9844
@andresm9844 4 года назад
No one?
@MrValzen
@MrValzen 11 лет назад
I don't know how big the IT crowd is elsewhere but the UK, but it is definitely worth watching, best modern sitcom we have
@PraUGshta
@PraUGshta 11 лет назад
It's pretty mind boggling to me how a bunch of cables transmitting electricity (probably) can be transformed into such a monumental thing as the internet. Think of yourself. You are a bunch of neurons firing in your brain, but the sum of all these electrical impulses and chemical processes that's going on inside you, gives rise to an entirely different thing. The fact that the internet exists, physically, is a cool thought in my opinion, and one that most people usually don't stop to consider.
@mayberedacted69420
@mayberedacted69420 11 месяцев назад
Exactly how i conceptualized it in my head
@greathero4758
@greathero4758 9 месяцев назад
Amazing
@scmfrmanzil
@scmfrmanzil 8 лет назад
Informative
@srimansrini
@srimansrini 11 лет назад
Have you ever wonder what Internet is all about. Is it something physical or mere illusion? In this wonderful talk, the passionate young man Andrew Blum vividly describes about his fact-finding mission with touch of humor. Good Talk. Good Subject. Delightful.
@MuntahaZad
@MuntahaZad Год назад
Thanks!
@MacNif
@MacNif Год назад
Its a network
@tossabaddle
@tossabaddle 11 лет назад
I liked this talk. People should try to know a little more about everything.
@GamerForeverChannel
@GamerForeverChannel 3 года назад
good job
@SchemingForFalcons
@SchemingForFalcons 11 лет назад
They're all… 42… the answer to life, the universe, and everything?
@ChristianVPetersen
@ChristianVPetersen 11 лет назад
they also provide you with wireless service! ISP=Internet service provider, meaning Internet in many forms of access
@iMrReMember
@iMrReMember 10 лет назад
interesting video but when I search what is the internet I wanted to find out how it was found where it stems from why do we use it the way we do what else could we use it for what is the basic of the web
@MrTopGunnar
@MrTopGunnar 8 лет назад
+young jynx it doesnt stem from anywhere its decentralized that was the whole point of the picture he showed in the beginning
@GaveYouADislike
@GaveYouADislike 11 лет назад
A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
@vickylukan7493
@vickylukan7493 3 года назад
when they put it in the manhole, what happend after that? does manhole go somwehere? Where is the source? where is the data int he fibers comings from? Are there many sources?
@oladipooladipo9068
@oladipooladipo9068 5 лет назад
Good explanation to
@MrAstroman2
@MrAstroman2 11 лет назад
I am not sure if you're talking about Vsauce or the It Crowd, but I like them both. The It Crowd episode was really funny.
@GrimSoul66
@GrimSoul66 11 лет назад
Trust me I know. This is the way i think, and it sometimes leaves me with a head ache..
@oladipooladipo9068
@oladipooladipo9068 5 лет назад
I'm in love with his face...damn😊😥😥
@TeBaran
@TeBaran 11 лет назад
Why is everyone slamming this guy, I bet you 95% of the population have no idea about the physicality of the internet. He may be just scratching the massive surface of the internet but at least he is trying to understand. We get it, some of us are way more intelligent at networking and computers in general, but you don't have to look down on others because they didn't know about it.
@kittymilkyyy
@kittymilkyyy 5 лет назад
Because most people probably had to watch this for class
@HiAdrian
@HiAdrian 11 лет назад
I agree. Do you still remember the old tune? I barely do, but it was very annoying too iirc.
@daviers01
@daviers01 8 лет назад
Wired people should know something about wires! It makes sense
@Shahrajat5
@Shahrajat5 5 лет назад
Ohhhh, i loved that quoted
@aarongrooves
@aarongrooves 11 лет назад
Cool
@dylannuggets2687
@dylannuggets2687 3 года назад
Cool
@lowreslireas
@lowreslireas 3 года назад
Yooo the heck are you doing here? Love your videos
@Brainiaccccc
@Brainiaccccc 11 лет назад
I work in telecom, and I say this guy has just discovered America!
@Yanasivan
@Yanasivan 11 лет назад
amazing
@youvidtubedeo1151
@youvidtubedeo1151 6 лет назад
But how about the sattelite and radio technology , it is not all physical , some are wave or energy
@mattschwab5143
@mattschwab5143 Год назад
Wowzer, super cool! Great work. Ahead of his time. I wonder what he thinks about the internet 11 years later. Or what he'll think about the internet 11 years from today.
@poppy9007
@poppy9007 4 года назад
quarantine learning check :))
@IseeRightThrough2you
@IseeRightThrough2you 11 лет назад
I came here looking for a "series of tubes" joke. I was not disappointed.
@TheaDragonSpirit
@TheaDragonSpirit 11 лет назад
Did I say Servers where tiny? But it actually depends on the servers actually. You can turn any desktop computer in to a server.
@user-or5iu2kp3e
@user-or5iu2kp3e 3 года назад
I'm here for BCIS
@cyrila8582
@cyrila8582 10 лет назад
To my opinion it is crazy to think that each computer connected to the Internet in the world is physically connected to mine by a tremendous number of possible path.
@Anrainerstaat
@Anrainerstaat 7 лет назад
The point he makes is very simple - which doesn't make it irrelevant of course.
@RAJA77522
@RAJA77522 8 лет назад
Could u tell me whats an it environment then?
@Earlyturtle
@Earlyturtle 11 лет назад
Preach!
@vibinwithjazz830
@vibinwithjazz830 4 года назад
So nobody noticed the guy sleeping at 6:22?
@Fuliginosus
@Fuliginosus 11 лет назад
Prior to the internet people related to other people using pieces of paper (books, letters, newpapers, etc.). But we didn't have people getting freaked-out about looking at rectangles of paper all day the way people get freaked-out about looking at screens.
@livebyreason
@livebyreason 11 лет назад
I'm glad TED exists, but damn...why the hell junk my sub box with this silliness?
@iugey
@iugey 11 лет назад
with that the title of this video the scope of his speach could have been broader.
@captainhampton
@captainhampton 11 лет назад
Fully agree, have no idea why they haven't changed it, everyone seems to hate it.
@MarkoKraguljac
@MarkoKraguljac 11 лет назад
"...Internet changed everything, from shopping to dating.." xD Does anyone read this before actual presentation?
@csselement
@csselement 11 лет назад
Satellites in space too. Oh my!
@geezdude20
@geezdude20 11 лет назад
Wow I had no ideia.
@ChristianVPetersen
@ChristianVPetersen 11 лет назад
- there has been ocean cables since before the Internet. I belive the first Atlantic cable was used for Telegraphy
@UltraRobbie
@UltraRobbie 11 лет назад
I felt the presentation was a little unfocused in a way, kind of like a 'What's the point?' feeling, but it was amusing and interesting nonetheless. I think the guy is a great speaker as well.
@jamal8872
@jamal8872 4 года назад
Here from bcis class, summary?
@daugbret
@daugbret 11 лет назад
Great talk! You forgot to plug your book ;)
@kkfoto
@kkfoto 5 лет назад
9:55 cigarette mention censored.
@KevinExtremo
@KevinExtremo 11 лет назад
Funny how everyone in the crowd at 8:30 is falling asleep and one girl smiles like crazy heh.
@lee0495
@lee0495 11 лет назад
Am I the only one kinda shocked that they have fiber cables running through the ocean?
@nullapecunia
@nullapecunia 11 лет назад
I'll do my best. However, I would most likely refer them to an adult learning class on web surfing at the local high school.
@Rumpelstilette
@Rumpelstilette 11 лет назад
a squirrel chewed on my internet - hilarious :)
@gadda01
@gadda01 11 лет назад
lol, please tell me you've watched the it crowd
@callmeej8399
@callmeej8399 6 лет назад
What's an internet? -Sent from my Iphone
@jasonbarnes9671
@jasonbarnes9671 9 лет назад
I never use the internet...NEVER.
@MillionaireDubMind
@MillionaireDubMind 9 лет назад
LOL
@RabbitJnr
@RabbitJnr 6 лет назад
hahahahahahahaha wow classic
@chuneybrock1753
@chuneybrock1753 6 лет назад
Like you will stop using it
@AbdullahNagi
@AbdullahNagi 6 лет назад
Me too
@youvidtubedeo1151
@youvidtubedeo1151 6 лет назад
Hahaha
@MrAstroman2
@MrAstroman2 11 лет назад
i just watched that specific episode where they say the internet weights nothing, but have YOU seen that Vsauce video above??
@jacobreinvented
@jacobreinvented 11 лет назад
Yes
@Mylada
@Mylada 11 лет назад
There is this part on middle 18281828, really easy to remenber took me like 15 secs.. and you can momerize other ones on min, not that hard, atleast not for me.
@IMBLOODMARRY
@IMBLOODMARRY 11 лет назад
Omg that image is really scary
@gadda01
@gadda01 11 лет назад
yeah, cant remember the outcome, but i remember it being a lot :-p, what did you think of it anyway?
@truebriefcase2843
@truebriefcase2843 9 лет назад
Interesting talk, but I don't understand one thing. Who actually thought that internet wasn't a physical thing? Did people think that it's based on what, air, somewhere on the actual cloud? Do people think that television isn't physical, thinking that it just "appears"? Is someone who doesn't know that products in supermarkets are delivered there, and don't really grow in their warehouses? Internet is another way of delivering digital content through the use of a massive web of physical infrastructure, which is why it was labeled WWW. It's not just a cool name; it represent what it ACTUALLY is. There's nothing to think about here. How is that not obvious? I loved the quote in the end, which is a completely different topic, by the way, and not what the whole talk was about. And I'm not trying to sound smart here - I might not be getting something here - but why does this obvious thing even needs to be explained for adults? Serious question.
@MillionaireDubMind
@MillionaireDubMind 9 лет назад
The short answer is I was wondering where the stuff on my samsung tablet was coming from.
@RajuRaju-rw8ry
@RajuRaju-rw8ry 7 лет назад
+Thomas a
@FirstnameLastname-pm1in
@FirstnameLastname-pm1in 5 лет назад
Never fails, the classic pretentious "But come on, do people really not know things???" youtube comment
@Charloteblahblah
@Charloteblahblah 5 лет назад
Well actually... Yes. I thought until about 2 days a go that the internet and Wi-Fi were the same thing, that the Internet was like radiowaves. It shocked me when I found out that is was physical, excuse my ignorance but not everyone is an expert in everything. I was also shocked because I looked at a map that was representative of the world and could see where the internet had gone when I was talking to my parents in England from India a few months earlier. And I felt stupid because when I was there it was the start of monsoon season and the internet didn't work hardly at all because of the weather. The fact that the telephone poles had fallen down made sense as to why we couldn't have any internet but i didnt think about it properly. I actually put the fact that the internet doesn't work down to us using a dongle there but having "real WiFi" everywhere else. And yes it's also stupid that I don't know because I'm 19 and you'd think 5 years of IT lessons would teach me how the internet works but nope. (I'm a Y2K baby and everything as well) I have extensive knowledge of Microsoft word though, yay 🙄. So no, not everyone knows everything.
@fechegaray7
@fechegaray7 5 лет назад
Shut up true briefcase, your name says it all, you’re a moron, we’re all here to learn
@samanthaguerrero08
@samanthaguerrero08 3 месяца назад
im just here for the BCIS cource lol
@andrewmckay9385
@andrewmckay9385 9 лет назад
This man is simply wrong. THE INTERNET IS A SERIES OF TUBES!
@onee
@onee 7 лет назад
Andrew Mckay RU-vids?
@RabbitJnr
@RabbitJnr 6 лет назад
hahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahah
@MrAstroman2
@MrAstroman2 11 лет назад
the internet doesn't weight anything?!?! *ahem* Vsauce: How Much Does The Internet Weigh?
@KokoRicky
@KokoRicky 11 лет назад
Sometimes I wonder if the TED guys are ever going to figure out that cutting to angles of the gaping jaws of random audience members is jarring and unnecessary.
@robychevere9487
@robychevere9487 9 лет назад
Now i wanna now where is the Intenet cable on Puerto Rico.
@edwardivandeveloper
@edwardivandeveloper 8 лет назад
+Roberto Ramirez Yo tambien
@kkfoto
@kkfoto 5 лет назад
There's several cables connecting to Puerto Rico: San Juan (7 cables), Miramar (2), Isla Verde (4), Punta Salina (1) > submarinecablemap.com
@sillyfella2009
@sillyfella2009 4 года назад
It's magic Joel,it's magic
@TheAnubisDrake
@TheAnubisDrake 11 лет назад
A VERY short list of vital infrastructure targets...thanks for entering that into the public contoiusness Mr. Blum.
@Gmmm
@Gmmm 11 лет назад
What is the internet? A series of tubes.
@honeymonster147
@honeymonster147 11 лет назад
I prefer "your listening to TED talks" in a nice voice :)
@gadda01
@gadda01 11 лет назад
rather confusingly i started talking bout vsauce then about the it crowd, i have a habit of changing subject mid sen yeah i really like it as well, not my favourite, the one with countdown is probably my favourite one or the one with space star ordering. basically i love the it crowd *nerd face*
@ViewsFromTheDeathStar
@ViewsFromTheDeathStar 2 года назад
The cloud? Lol it’s more like a sewer with hidden gems lol
@OmnicideX
@OmnicideX 11 лет назад
I think it was a warning that one day a giant sea squirrel will eat our internet!
@robertrivera9982
@robertrivera9982 Год назад
I was wondering, if we got reset from a mountain falling from the sky again would the Internet information still be here? It's great to know that some mad man built a multi billion dollar industry connecting cables around the world.
@SAsgarters
@SAsgarters 11 лет назад
Tell us more about the squirrel.
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