Topic: Gopher Protocol

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has issued warnings about a potential "cyber pandemic" that could spread ten times faster than COVID-19, necessitating a total internet disconnect. This warning is framed alongside a retrospective on the early internet, including the Gopher protocol and the commercialization of domain names like MTV.com. The hosts argue that the centralization of the internet has allowed elites to exert more power through propaganda and control.

The Minnesota Post published an article about the Gopher Protocol that Adam Curry claims is factually incorrect regarding his involvement. Curry clarifies that he wore a Gopher t-shirt on MTV not as a promotion, but as part of a legal settlement with the University of Minnesota to waive a $5,000 commercial licensing fee for his use of the software.