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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:00 AM

Is the Web helping us evolve?

The truth lies somewhere between "Google is making us stupid" and "the Internet will liberate humanity."

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  • Tuesday, December 23, 2008 11:07 AM

    Is clear communication evolving on the web?

    Did someone say pretentious prose? This is a great topic but David Brin's primary objective, I think, is to impress rather than communicate. Had he written the whole piece in Latin it would have been more impressive and almost as informative for most of us. If Salon posts more writing like this in the future please accompany it with a cliff notes version.

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