And what is the Internet for?

Or: "Prøn. Cats and prøn!" Years ago — back in grad school, I think or shortly thereafter — there was some discussion about what were the "drivers" of the adoption of new technologies and people brought up the battles that video tape faced. Some went even further back and brought up book publishing/moveable type. It was a discussion I followed closely, in part due to my own interests in the history of bookbinding, as well as my interest in…

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