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Contributed by: Tom Liles

Ok, we’ve all heard ad nauseam how technology has made the world smaller. The Internet, cell phones and satellite broadcasts bring us instantaneous information from around the world, and even from space. Don’t get me wrong, I love Gore’s Information Superhighway but I don’t need digital pundits to show me the shrinking world. It’s happened to me.

As a new college graduate in the ‘70’s with great job, my first apartment materialized with a bedroom, balcony, living room and kitchen. I bought a big TV, loud stereo with humongous speakers and a new mattress. A giant but used beanbag couch Continue Reading