This episode chronicles the pivotal year of 1986, highlighting Morten Flate Paulsen's role in creating EKKO, an early Learning Management System designed for distance education. Against a backdrop of historical events like the Chernobyl disaster and the assassination of Olof Palme, the author describes his efforts to transition traditional correspondence courses into the digital age. The episode also details Pausen's professional travels to ICT conferences in Stockholm and Budapest, as well as a visit to an IBM factory in Florida. Through these anecdotes, Paulsen reflects on the cultural relationship between Norway and Sweden and the initial institutional resistance to online communication. Ultimately, the text illustrates how personal experiences and technological curiosity fueled a paradigm shift in global education.