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Which Way, L.A.?

When Did 'Information' Become Just a Bunch of 1's and 0's?

With the Library of Congress now collecting not just every book but every tweet, are we losing track of what really matters? Science writer James Gleick has written The Information : A History, a Theory, a Flood, a new book about the challenges of the Information Age.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

With the Library of Congress now collecting not just every book but every tweet, are we losing track of what really matters? Science writer

James Gleick has written

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

, a new book about the challenges of the Information Age.

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    Warren Olney

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