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Week XI Discussion

Week XI Discussion

Q For this week's discussion (in the standard 500 words or less), using the supplemental readings from Week XI describe what you think would have been the reaction of Georg Simmel to the iPad, iPod and 'Smart Phone' technology. Also,using two of the three secondary source readings (1900; From these Beginnings; "Mark Twain"; or Edwardian Turn of Mind) identify two aspects of each reading that you found, for whatever reason, either interesting/memorable/valuable/unexpected/disturbing, and why.

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