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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.

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 1, 2016 • 1 min read

    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

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      radio journalist

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      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      New York Times

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