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I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual blinders.

Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
Author
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
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Certainly
Whose
Blinders
Grace
Graces
Technology
Virtual
Worry
Opposed
Ways
Digital
Enjoy
Rely
Many
Daily

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