"The Internet is a medium only at the bit level. At the human level, it is a conversation that, because of the persistence and linkedness of pages, has elements of a world. It could only be a medium if we absolutely didn't care about it."
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"The Internet is not a medium", Hyperorg.com (2004-03-27)
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