You should probably listen to his explanation. Even reading the sources on wikipedia it's pretty clear that what existed on arpanet wasn't email for one thing and he was 14 when he wrote the program. He has documents from the time period.
His explanation about how the military claims the invention of email as part of their narrative about how they benefit society indirectly is an example of how the media revises history with fake news for political and financial purposes.
He did not “invent” email.
Email was one of the first ARAPNET apps, and goes back to early 70s, even 60s
Dude was born in 1963
You should probably listen to his explanation. Even reading the sources on wikipedia it's pretty clear that what existed on arpanet wasn't email for one thing and he was 14 when he wrote the program. He has documents from the time period.
His explanation about how the military claims the invention of email as part of their narrative about how they benefit society indirectly is an example of how the media revises history with fake news for political and financial purposes.
I was doing email in the early 80s on CompuServe. I know it wasn’t him. That doesn’t discount what else he has to say.