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Author of “Magic and Loss: the internet as art,” former TV critic turned digital culture columnist
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Virginia Hefferman
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Is the Internet Art? The Internet has “changed everything.” It’s so important in the development of civilization that it rivals monotheism. To understand it, we need “a new hierarchy of values.” All that’s according to Virginia Heffernan, former TV critic for the New York Times now a digital culture columnist. She’s author of a new book called Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art . Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art Photo courtesy Simon & Schuster
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