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What are letters?” “Kinda like mediaglyphics except they’re all black, and they’re tiny, they don’t move, they’re old and boring and really hard to read. But you can use ’em to make short words for long words.

Neal Stephenson

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Neal Stephenson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 31
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