I don't see the point of having 80 million people online if all they a…

Umberto Eco
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I don't see the point of having 80 million people online if all they are doing in the end is talking to ghosts in the suburbs. ✨ The world According to Eco. Interview with Lee Marshall, www.wired.com. March 1, 1997.
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I don't see the point of having 80 million people online if all they are doing in the end is talking to ghosts in the suburbs. ✨ The world According to Eco. Interview with Lee Marshall, www.wired.com. March 1, 1997.

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