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The Victorian Internet

by Tom Standage

The telegraph as the first internet: hype, romance, crime, codes, information overload, all in the 1800s. A short, delightful corrective to novelty.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Every network feels new.
  2. Humans repeat.
  3. Study the last revolution.

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