You will never look at your phone the same way after this experience
You will never look at your phone the same way after this experience
That magical device that you hold in your hand draws on a suite of technologies – the telephone, computer, and GPS – whose origins can all be traced to a tightly circumscribed hub of innovation in Manhattan that was once celebrated worldwide, but which has long been forgotten as those innovations have taken over the entire globe. To understand both the physical and metaphysical history of this shattering communications technology, we will traverse cobblestone Greenwich Village streets, resurrected railroad right-of-ways, a flagship Apple retail store, and the island’s densest concentration of dark fiber cables. The walk unfolds chronologically, with a fully elaborated narrative of surprise, shock, and artful suggestion. It will play with the intersections of technology, fashion, and eroticism, generatin...
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