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Here are my strong reservations about the wave of computer networks. They isolate us from one another and cheapen the meaning of actual experience. They work against literacy and creativity. They undercut our schools and libraries.

Clifford Stoll

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Clifford Stoll
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 4
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