The Tale of "Mostly Harmless"—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
The Tale of "Mostly Harmless"—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
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November 2, 20203m 36s
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Show Notes
A man who worked in tech headed off on the Appalachian Trail in 2017, without a phone and without an ID. He walked from NY to Florida, but then was found dead in a tent in the summer of 2018. Since then Internet sleuths have dug deep into the mystery of who he was. And now a company that does genealogical DNA is trying to build out a family tree. But still no one knows his name. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/nameless-hiker-mostly-harmless-internet-mystery/.
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