“Unlike television — at least as it currently exists — the Internet is a medium of choice.”

— Nicholas Negroponte

Being Nicholas, The Wired Interview by Thomas A. Bass http://archives.obs-us.com/obs/english/books/nn/bd1101bn.htm

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