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A Panel Discussion on Life on the Internet

An excerpt from a recent panel discussion in Philadelphia on the future on the Internet. It was moderated by Terry Gross and took place November 1, 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania. The guests include James Gleick, who writes about technology for the New York Times Sunday Magazine; Paul Ginsparg, a theoretical physicist in Los Alamos; Sherry Turkle, author of "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet"; and Paul Evan Peters, the Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information. Peters died a few days after participating in this panel.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 18, 1996: Interview with Mike Phillips; Interview with James Gleick, Paul Ginsparg, Sherry Turkle, and Paul Evan Peters.
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