A16Z Crypto · 12 November 2026 · Additional Read

On technological revolutions and world brains

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An excerpt from James Gleick's forthcoming book examines how the telephone emerged during the second industrial revolution, tracing how 19th-century inventors and publics imagined electricity and communications would reshape society—from utopian "world brain" predictions to satirical visions of future technology.

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