Undersea Cables – Quartz
Turns out the original information age began in the middle of the 19th century when a few tech entrepreneurs began laying the undersea cables that would soon connect the world. From telegraphs to telephone calls and then the data connectivity that supports the internet as we know it today, it’s a pretty cool read! To learn more about all how the undersea cables work, who the heck installed them, and even a neat little tree from southeast Asia that made it all possible, check out this post from Quartz. Also, I can’t recommend the Quartz Obsession email newsletters enough. Every day they dive deep into a particular subject, each more random – and usually more fascinating – than the former. Recent newsletters of note were on wasabi, capacitors, the worst year ever (they argue that it was 536), index funds, and celery (ick).
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