When Wired came out the first time it was very much better than anything they publish today. But the context was also much different and the contrast with the c

When Wired came out the first time it was very much better than anything they publish today. But the context was also much different and the contrast with the competition was much higher. Today you have many online magazines / blogs etc. which makes what Wired was, look less today than it did at the time. The Wired issue which was nearly twice as thick as a normal Wired issue, because of the Neal Stephenson's story of the undersea fiber optic cable FLAG, stands out as one of the highlights: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html