Palaces in the Cloud
In 1532, a charismatic inventor named Giulio Camillo promised a technological breakthrough: a device that would unlock the wisdom of the ages. Sound familiar?
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The Printers, Rogues, and Radicals Who Invented the American Newspaper
A sweeping history of America's first media revolution—from colonial print shops to Gilded Age media empires—and the transformation of a fledgling republic into the world's first information superpower.
In 1532, a charismatic inventor named Giulio Camillo promised a technological breakthrough: a device that would unlock the wisdom of the ages. Sound familiar?
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I'm launching a new Substack newsletter, exploring the deep history of the digital age: the forgotten people, inventions, and ideas that continue to shape how we think and communicate.
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This week I shared a few remarks at Belgium's KIKK Festival on new directions in AI-enabled historical research, alongside CUNY's Peter Aigner. Here's a rough sketch of my talk.
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