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"I'm a handmaiden of technology who began to have doubts." And so the author dives into the history of professional scribes, looking for people like herself who documented the world around them.
Fans of Bill Bryson will enjoy this funny and informative book as they gain a fresh perspective on the present - as well as the past. And just who are our barbarians? Could they be the ones bringing us more technology?
Joan Francuz
Joan Francuz is a business and technical writer who worked for decades in the tech industry and at the Ontario Science Centre in the early 1990s. She lives in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
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