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The radio was an improvement on the telegraph but it didn't have the same exponential, transformative effect.
Alison Gopnik
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Alison Gopnik
American
Psychologist
Born:
Jun 16
,
1955
Topics
Telegraph
,
Effect
,
Improvement
,
Same
,
Transformative
,
Exponential
,
Radio
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Telegraph
Effect
Improvement
Same
Transformative
Exponential
Radio
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Allison Pearson
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Daily
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Daughter
Journalist
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Sick
Birth
Interview
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Jacket
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Tom
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In the highly unlikely event that the 'Telegraph' was to be sold again, then 'The Spectator' doesn't go with it.
Andrew Neil
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Andrew Neil
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South
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Anywhere
Central
Them
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Copies
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Dan Stevens
Me
You
Writing
Telegraph
Way
Bit
Something
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Idea
Deadlines
Same
Wanting
Which
Working
Even
Actor
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Flume
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Gone
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Latest
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Minute
Arm
New
Around
Contestant
Front
Front Page
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Realm
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