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By jdupuis on September 9, 2010.
  • Has the Future of the Internet come about?
  • A virtual counter-revolution: The internet has been a great unifier of people, companies and online networks. Powerful forces are threatening to balkanise it
  • How a watch works (via)
  • On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and Historiography (via)
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  • The decline of studying: How university students are spending less time hitting the books while earning better grades than ever
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