What Do the H-Bomb and the Internet Have in Common? Paul Baran, by Cade Metz (aside)

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/what-do-the-h-bomb-and-the-internet-have-in-common-paul-baran/

"Paul Baran set out to build a means of communication that could survive a nuclear war. And he ended up inventing the fundamental networking techniques that underpin the internet."

"Paul Baran’s research marked a fundamental turning point in the way networks were built. And they’re still built that way."

It is very interesting that the internet was originally devised as a war tool and evolved into something that is completely and utterly integrated within our everyday lives. From past readings, it is clear that some form of the internet we have now was being conjured in the minds of people for hundreds of years. Luckily, we have lived to see the day that the internet was able to sustain itself with the technology we have now. Paul Baran's work set the framing that we still use today, which is amazing in and of itself. It is also very interesting to see that this system is still nuke-proof for both the government and everyone who has access to the internet. We can transmit information just as easily as the government, which leads me to ponder the next government invention that may make it into the public's hands. 
The statement, "Baran cooked up a system that could divide communications into tiny pieces and use distributed network “nodes” to pass these pieces around. If one node was knocked out, the others could pick up the slack" made me think that these 'nodes' have been taken place by humans. We individually send a large magnitude of information around, and if one individual were to be cut off from sending information, other people would make up for their slack. This can be seen through revolutions where the initiator is taken out, but many people make up their lack of contribution. Having the internet in the hands of the public, this may have been the intention of the government; having us send information to one another to keep us informed on a day-to-day basis. It makes sense to have people sending people information, rather the government sending information to the people.