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“Moments of magic and an unavoidable experience of profound loss”: Virginia Heffernan on digital culture

LINK: vimeo.com ➚ | Posted by: Joshua Benton | March 28, 2012

Virginia Heffernan — formerly of The New York Times, now of Yahoo News — was at the Berkman Center yesterday to give a talk about digital culture and her upcoming book, Magic and Loss: The Pleasures of the Internet. Worth a listen — her remarks are about 30 minutes, followed by Q&A.

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