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Mon. 1/11 - Tim Berners-Lee's Quest to Restore Balance to the Web

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It’s time for two writers to pay up on a 25-year-old bet about whether tech would destroy civilization. Tim Berners-Lee’s new quest to transform the web into the one he envisioned when he created it. How the most recent COVID-19 Stimulus Bill created a new National Park––and also may reveal previously classified government research on UFOs?

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    A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society? (Wired)
  • He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World. (NY Times)
  • The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Also Created America's Newest National Park (Vice)
  • Emergency COVID Stimulus Will Likely Reveal UFO Documents (Vice)
  • It's not just Covid relief: Smokey Bear, horse racing and the Dalai Lama included in government funding bill (NBC News)
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