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 3 года назад

Lol all the comments talking about being here for BCIS course

@arichmind19 2 года назад

Well I’m not here for BCIS but I’m here for a Digital humanities class😂

@emilymartinez8046 2 года назад

Yes

@Dark_light7 3 года назад

Who else is here to make a summary for their BCIS class?

@johnw3736 3 года назад

Shout out to San Jac

@nahriahrivera 2 года назад

@@BigchillBeats999 bro y’all all live in Texas ? I go to phs😭

@Sebastian-wr4ym 2 года назад

@@johnw3736 Aye, which school you go to like south, central?

@Sebastian-wr4ym 2 года назад

@@nahriahrivera pasadena high school wack. pasadena memorial is better

@johnw3736 2 года назад

@@Sebastian-wr4ym went to south, over at UHCL now.

@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.

@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.

@PaintballVideosNet 8 лет назад

8:29 Got a sleeper.

@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.

@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 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?

@DubaiGuy08 11 лет назад

Brilliant! Blum is right, once the workers cover the manhole with sand, we forget how physical the internet really is.

@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 3 года назад

Has such an event taken place yet

@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 11 лет назад

Loved the talk. Great job.

@GeethaSindhuriBarabari 6 лет назад

such an enlightening video, so fascinating!

@dandined 11 лет назад

I enjoyed this talk. Thank you :) I want to know more about how we are all physically connected. Well done :)

@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

@Shahrajat5 5 лет назад

I love you Sir...Andrew Blum was too amazing!!!

@shango02005 11 лет назад

I really enjoyed this talk!

@Krkrbs419 11 лет назад

It's amazing to think more then a hundred years ago we where doing the same thing with telegraph cables.

@agiritaofeek1429 Год назад

Beautiful presentation

@me168716 8 лет назад

came here for my bcis class but dam he cute

@rainbowharlow5739 8 лет назад

+me168716 lol no kidding

@darklove154 7 лет назад

girl he gay af smh lol

@mishdonatella105 7 лет назад

me168716 girl I thought the same too lmao

@mishdonatella105 6 лет назад

j j loser

@bdape419 6 лет назад

lol same do you go to san jac in Houston?

@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.

@fromthemoonandmybed 3 года назад

Imagine having to take the same classes twice this is my second time watching this video 😭

@owenkilleen 11 лет назад

how are under ground/sea, wires, involved with 'wireless', broadband, internet?

@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 5 лет назад

Because most people probably had to watch this for class

@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

@DAVIDSDIEGO 11 лет назад

It was pretty cool to witness a cable landing, in Guam, back in 2009...

@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 Год назад

Thanks!

@MacNif Год назад

Its a network

@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

@goxr3plus_studio 6 лет назад

Incredible!!! ♥

@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

@gokulvellingiri4445 3 года назад

That's really amazing

@tessmacie9924 3 года назад

Thank You!

@tossabaddle 11 лет назад

I liked this talk. People should try to know a little more about everything.

@vanlongnguyen7682 2 года назад

WOW, it's so incredible

@aarongrooves 11 лет назад

Cool

@dylannuggets2687 3 года назад

Cool

@lowreslireas 3 года назад

Yooo the heck are you doing here? Love your videos

@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.

@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 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.

@ChristianVPetersen 11 лет назад

they also provide you with wireless service! ISP=Internet service provider, meaning Internet in many forms of access

@user-or5iu2kp3e 3 года назад

I'm here for BCIS

@scmfrmanzil 8 лет назад

Informative

@GaveYouADislike 11 лет назад

A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.

@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 11 месяцев назад

Exactly how i conceptualized it in my head

@greathero4758 9 месяцев назад

Amazing

@GrimSoul66 11 лет назад

Trust me I know. This is the way i think, and it sometimes leaves me with a head ache..

@GamerForeverChannel 3 года назад

good job

@oladipooladipo9068 5 лет назад

Good explanation to

@HiAdrian 11 лет назад

I agree. Do you still remember the old tune? I barely do, but it was very annoying too iirc.

@daviers01 8 лет назад

Wired people should know something about wires! It makes sense

@Shahrajat5 5 лет назад

Ohhhh, i loved that quoted

@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.

@oladipooladipo9068 5 лет назад

I'm in love with his face...damn😊😥😥

@omianova7474 4 года назад

Can someone summarize this for me its for a assignment for school lol

@othermagknowsbeauty 4 года назад

same lol

@andresm9844 4 года назад

No one?

@SchemingForFalcons 11 лет назад

They're all… 42… the answer to life, the universe, and everything?

@Brainiaccccc 11 лет назад

I work in telecom, and I say this guy has just discovered America!

@daugbret 11 лет назад

Great talk! You forgot to plug your book ;)

@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.

@Yanasivan 11 лет назад

amazing

@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.

@vibinwithjazz830 4 года назад

So nobody noticed the guy sleeping at 6:22?

@geezdude20 11 лет назад

Wow I had no ideia.

@livebyreason 11 лет назад

I'm glad TED exists, but damn...why the hell junk my sub box with this silliness?

@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.

@IseeRightThrough2you 11 лет назад

I came here looking for a "series of tubes" joke. I was not disappointed.

@captainhampton 11 лет назад

Fully agree, have no idea why they haven't changed it, everyone seems to hate it.

@Anrainerstaat 7 лет назад

The point he makes is very simple - which doesn't make it irrelevant of course.

@iugey 11 лет назад

with that the title of this video the scope of his speach could have been broader.

@jamal8872 4 года назад

Here from bcis class, summary?

@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 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

@poppy9007 4 года назад

quarantine learning check :))

@Earlyturtle 11 лет назад

Preach!

@kkfoto 5 лет назад

9:55 cigarette mention censored.

@csselement 11 лет назад

Satellites in space too. Oh my!

@MarkoKraguljac 11 лет назад

"...Internet changed everything, from shopping to dating.." xD Does anyone read this before actual presentation?

@KevinExtremo 11 лет назад

Funny how everyone in the crowd at 8:30 is falling asleep and one girl smiles like crazy heh.

@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.

@ChristianVPetersen 11 лет назад

- there has been ocean cables since before the Internet. I belive the first Atlantic cable was used for Telegraphy

@youvidtubedeo1151 6 лет назад

But how about the sattelite and radio technology , it is not all physical , some are wave or energy

@SamirMishra6174 8 лет назад

By the way Tata is the worst internet provider in India.

@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?

@Rumpelstilette 11 лет назад

a squirrel chewed on my internet - hilarious :)

@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.

@RAJA77522 8 лет назад

Could u tell me whats an it environment then?

@lee0495 11 лет назад

Am I the only one kinda shocked that they have fiber cables running through the ocean?

@IMBLOODMARRY 11 лет назад

Omg that image is really scary

@jacobreinvented 11 лет назад

Yes

@gadda01 11 лет назад

lol, please tell me you've watched the it crowd

@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.

@SAsgarters 11 лет назад

Tell us more about the squirrel.

@iugey 10 лет назад

Guy @8:29 rofl =P

@DannyHensloweGooglePlus 9 лет назад

Screenshot for the lazy - imgur.com/F6X9bHF

@andrewmckay9385 9 лет назад

This man is simply wrong. THE INTERNET IS A SERIES OF TUBES!

@onee 7 лет назад

Andrew Mckay RU-vids?

@RabbitJnr 6 лет назад

hahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahah

@honeymonster147 11 лет назад

I prefer "your listening to TED talks" in a nice voice :)

@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??

@VivekMishra2010 11 лет назад

Optic fibre cable!

@sillyfella2009 4 года назад

It's magic Joel,it's magic

@TheAnubisDrake 11 лет назад

A VERY short list of vital infrastructure targets...thanks for entering that into the public contoiusness Mr. Blum.

@mrnintendo15 10 лет назад

The internet is a series of tubes!

@gadda01 11 лет назад

yeah, cant remember the outcome, but i remember it being a lot :-p, what did you think of it anyway?

@user-ks7bq8uc7i 10 лет назад

Interesting

@Mylada 11 лет назад

Actualle weight of internet(all that information(electrons)) is 30 grams.

@jasonbarnes9671 9 лет назад

I never use the internet...NEVER.

@MillionaireDubMind 9 лет назад

LOL

@RabbitJnr 6 лет назад

hahahahahahahaha wow classic

@chuneybrock1753 6 лет назад

Like you will stop using it

@AbdullahNagi 6 лет назад

Me too

@youvidtubedeo1151 6 лет назад

Hahaha

@xgirlx405 10 лет назад

It got a little emotional at the end, I must say.

@eccetara 11 лет назад

this ones a must see how complex yet fragile our reality is becoming.

@NilsSF 11 лет назад

It's a series of tubes!!!

@OmnicideX 11 лет назад

I think it was a warning that one day a giant sea squirrel will eat our internet!

@MrAstroman2 11 лет назад

the internet doesn't weight anything?!?! *ahem* Vsauce: How Much Does The Internet Weigh?