At different times soothsayer, naysayer, and doomsayer, Clifford Stoll has lived through every wave of the internet era and all of Silicon Valley's cycles.

​As Wikipedia says, "He is best known for his investigation in 1986, while working as a system administrator at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, that led to the capture of hacker Markus Hess and for his subsequent book The Cuckoo's Egg, in which he details the investigation."

​He's frequently on Numberphile, and his 1995 book, Silicon Snake Oil (as well as his regrets in writing it), was recently discussed on Astral Codex Ten in Scott's December Links post.

​Now an old mad scientist emeritus, he's here to answer any questions you have about where the hell we are and where the hell we're going. 

Cliff was my neighbor back when I lived in Oakland. He’s a really nice guy, and I’m extremely thankful he’s agreed to come in and chat. Come hang out with the Berkeley’s wisest, friendliest, and nerdiest grandpa.

Q&A with Clifford Stoll

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