Listen toOdd Lotson Apple PodcastsListen toOdd Lotson SpotifyWatchOdd Lotson YouTubeSubscribe to the newsletterIn 2006, then-Senator Ted Stevens coined an infamous term for how to understand the internet: It's a "series of tubes." The funny thing is, that's a fairly accurate description. Underneath the world's oceans, miles and miles of fiber-optic cables send packets of information from one location to the next, serving as the backbone of the internet as know it. This infrastructure is de