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Fascinating
Yes. Word processing is bad.
Before it, document length was bounded by the human capacity to copy long-form text & about to plateau.
After word processing, the tax & legal codes grew without check. And became incomprehensible to anyone but career experts. https://t.co/TCbEfRMONp
Word processing enabled unbounded growth of tax code
This article, though absurdly long, is so visually and interactively appealing. I’ve also always wondered about undersea cable maintenance, and I had no idea how it was done or how often it was done, or by whom it was done.
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