Bianca Bosker is the former Executive Tech Editor at the Huffington Post. She is the author of Original Copies: Architectural Mimicry in Contemporary China. and the forthcoming Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste.
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