Schröter, Jens2024-01-152024-01-152023https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/22875The essay on "early Internet futures" reconstructs an episode from the early history of what later would be called "the Internet". It shows which socio-technical imaginations in the early developments at the (D)ARPA Information Processing Techniques Office existed. Two of the most influential ideas will be focused: Firstly, J.C.R. Lickliders early concept of an "intergalactic network" which evolved into, secondly, into his (and Robert Taylor's) famous paper on the computer as a communication device. This shows how new technological developments are connected to socio-technical imaginaries from the very beginning.engCreative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 GenericInternetSocio-technicalImagination302.2310.25969/mediarep/216441619-1641