Google Wants to Make ‘Science Fiction’ a Reality—And That’s Limiting Their Imagination
Perlman is often called the “Mother of the Internet” for her work, a title which she eschews. She explained why she doesn’t like it:
The Internet was not invented by any individual. There are lots of people who like to take credit for it, and it drives them crazy when anyone other than them seems to want credit, so it seems best to just stay out of their way. I did indeed make some fundamental contributions to the underlying infrastructure, but no single technology really caused the Internet to succeed. And sometimes, things get invented multiple times until the time just happens to be right. The thing that happened to be there at the right time isn’t necessarily better than the other ones.