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April 8, 2016

Strange But True!

Q. Tallying the overall “net” value of the World Wide Web, does it come out positive or negative?

A. Some innovations in life are almost inarguably good, such as certain medical advances. Others have a more varied picture, such as automobiles providing mobility but at a cost of an annual 1.3 million deaths on the roads. And perhaps one of the most stunningly varied involves the World Wide Web, says Vaclav Smil in IEEE Spectrum magazine.


 
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