7/4/2023 0 Comments Tubes by Andrew Blum![]() ![]() It fills enormous buildings, converges in some places and avoids others, and it flows through tubes under ground, up in the air, and under the oceans all over the world. ![]() After all, as Blum writes, the Internet exists: for all the talk of the "placelessness" of our digital age, the Internet is as fixed in real, physical places as any railroad or telephone ever was. ![]() When former Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska famously described the Internet as "a series of tubes," he seemed hopelessly, foolishly trapped in an old way of knowing the world. But connected to what, exactly? In Tubes, journalist Andrew Blum takes readers on a fascinating journey to find out. An engaging, narrative tour behind the scenes of our everyday lives to see the dark beating heart of the Internet itself. ![]()
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