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the divide between physical reality and the “second,” virtual reality of cyberspace has been overexposed and polarized, constantly imagining the 21st century citizen at first one end of the spectrum and then dramatically shifted to the other. but this is hardly the  case in practical experience, by which i mean the experience of that same [...]

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here is a story about stories; with a question about whether stories are still stories and whether we are beginning to live in a post-story age. the already cool mit media lab has founded a “center for future storytelling.” the purpose of this “labette” as the initiative is described, is to engage in studying and [...]

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i finally got the internet here in berkeley working. until then, i felt like a child trapped under a sheet of ice, unable to breath, unable to get back in the world where i survive, let alone thrive. but here i am, on the floor in the auditorium of international house (what a beautiful building!) [...]

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echoes of my time at the berkman center for internet society continue to reverberate in my life, despite my distance from the sunny side streets of cambridge, and my re-enmeshment into life as a student at brown university. tomorrow (well actually it looks like it’s technically today) is one web day, the earth day for [...]

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