While the era of free love was alien to most of those who worked in the Defense Department, the newly divorced Lawrence embraced it, showcasing a revolving door of girlfriends. Lawrence, at least by ARPA standards, was “out there,” not just in his clothing and his freewheeling lifestyle, but also in his choice of research, which drew heavily on popular cultural notions of “mind over body.” He was not your typical antiestablishment hippie, however. In the late 1960s, when many men were looking for a way to get out of going to Vietnam, Lawrence was looking for a way to get in.
