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Happy Birthday, World Wide Web! The 25-year-old Web, along with the Internet and the personal computer, are among mankind\u2019s greatest inventions. But back then, who knew?\nA techno-writer reminisces about the early days of the WWW and says he didn\u2019t think it would ever catch on.\nAlso, meet an inventor who claims his innovation will leave your laptop in the dust. Has quantum computing finally arrived?\nPlus, why these inventions are not as transformative as other creative biggies of history: The plow. The printing press. And\u2026 the knot?\nAnd, why scientific discoveries may beat out technology as the most revolutionary developments of all. A new result about the Big Bang may prove as important as germ theory and the double helix.\nGuests:\n\n\nKevin Kelly \u2013 Senior maverick, Wired, author of What Technology Wants\n\n\n\nEric Ladizinsky \u2013 Physicist, co-founder and the chief scientist of D-Wave Systems Palo Alto, California\n\n\nAaron Gardner \u2013 Bakery manager, Hy-Vee Store, Chillicothe, Missouri\n\n\nGeorge Dyson \u2013 Historian of technology, author of Turing\u2019s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe and Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence\n\n\n\nRob Shostak \u2013 Brother and founder of Vocera Communications, San Jose, California\n\n\nJamie Bock \u2013 Physicist at the California Institute of Technology\n\nDescripci\xf3n en espa\xf1ol\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices