Quiet thoughts

```
Debt, economic decline, immigration; hippies, anti-government, freedom.
At the end of the 1980s, a wave of change encompassed a country boy from the Rust Belt.
As the gate for upward mobility was on the verge of closing, he struggled to move forward.
College, Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship; HP, Apple, Microsoft.
To become part of the 1%, or even 0.1%, he sacrificed a lot, but also gained a lot.
```

American History 1988

The privatization of the NSF network had already begun? Stephen was initially surprised, but he quickly thought of something. "Winton, are you talking about that place in Northern Virginia?"


As the head of the NSF Network Office, Stephen had heard about the changes in Virginia later that year. It seemed that the signs of network privatization had already appeared there.


"UUNET," Winton glanced at the other people in the office, "I think someone should have heard of it."


Yo-Yo net? Everyone looked at each other in confusion, their eyes slightly bewildered. The name was just too strange. Was Winton sure he wasn't joking?


Seeing that no one had spoken up, President Kennedy had to ask, "Winton, this Yo-Yo..."


"Well, I admit~" Just then, John McCarthy, who was sitting next to Stephen, raised his hand, "When I was teaching on the East Coast, I was one of its users."


Chapter 94: The Eve