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    A Brief History of the Spectre of the Internet and the Death of Writing

    A Brief History of the Spectre of the Internet and the Death of Writing

    Presented by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Geological Lecture Hall

    April 20, 2011

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    Lecture by Matthew Battles, author, Library: An Unquiet History

    In the age of Google, blogging, and the e-book, many fear that reading and writing are swiftly passing away. We fear more than the disappearance of pen and paper per se; it's the loss of cherished practices and long-established mental reflexes that disturbs and confounds.


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        Geological Lecture Hall

        24 Oxford St.
        Cambridge, MA 02138

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        April 20, 2011

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        5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

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