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4 Post author: Jan_Rzymkowski 01 August 2014 06:06PM

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Comment author: westward 01 August 2014 08:09:14PM 9 points [-]

You don't present a particularly compelling definition of this thing you're calling the internet. It could be equally applied to a close knit society.

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops

Comment author: Jan_Rzymkowski 01 August 2014 09:33:58PM 1 point [-]

It wasn't my intent to give a compelling definition. I meant to highlight, which features of the internet I find important and novel as a concept.