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Andrew Blum: ¿Qué es Internet realmente?

Filmed Jun 2012 • Posted Sep 2012TEDGlobal 2012
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Una ardilla que mordisqueó un cable dejó sin señal al periodista Andrew Blum, despertando su curiosidad para averiguar en realidad de qué estaba hecha la Internet. Es por eso que decidió salir a ver los cables, interruptores secretos y otros procesos físicos que constituyen a la red.

For his new book, "Tubes," Andrew Blum visited the places where the internet exists in physical form: the cables and switches and servers that virtually connect us. Full bio »

Translated into Spanish by Marcelo Corrales
Reviewed by Eduardo Sierra
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