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The Internet? Bah (from 1995)
- ctdonath 13y agoI remember reading that back then. Clifford Stoll was a respected sociotechnical writer (along the lines of Malcolm Gladwell), so the content wasn't easily dismissed. Sure, we laugh at how darn near every Luddite prediction he made therein came wrong; of note is how the truth kept slapping him upside the head, but he didn't recognize the significance of "my search is periodically interrupted by messages like, 'Too many connections, try again later'" - the demand was exceeding the supply, and supply tends to catch up with demand. Fitting juxtaposition at the bottom of the reprint: GET NEWSWEEK ON YOUR TABLET