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What are you trying to tell me?

I think the most thought-provoking idea in this editorial is the question asking how you would explain the internet to an 18th Century person. Now there's a subject worthy of discussion! I'm going to be thinking about that one for days....

Leonard Pitts, Jr., in "History didn't foresee cyber sleaze," asked:

You're talking to men from the era of broadsheets and pamphlets. And you're trying to get them to understand an invisible network that beams music, news and advertisements for lower interest rates all over the world. How would you do it?

I don't think it's beyond the Founders' comprehension. But what element of the Internet are you trying to explain? Networks? Or the crazy feature that the Internet has of routing around damage?

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