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{{short description|Essay by Neal Stephenson}}
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"'''Mother Earth Mother Board'''" is an essay by [[Neal Stephenson]] that appeared in ''[[Wired Magazine]]'' in December 1996,<ref name="wired_19961201_stephensonessay" /> on the subject of the history of [[Submarine communications cable|undersea communication cables]] and a modern-day effort to lay the [[Fibre-optic Link Around the Globe]].<ref name="nieman_20120807_stephensonremarks" /> It was later reprinted in ''[[Some Remarks]]''.<ref name="boingboing_20120807_bookreview" />

==See also==
[[How the World Was One]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="boingboing_20120807_bookreview">{{Cite web
 |last         = Doctorow
 |first        = Cory
 |author-link  = Cory Doctorow
 |date         = August 7, 2012
 |title        = Neal Stephenson's Some Remarks, a remarkable essay collection
 |url          = https://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/neal-stephensons-some-re.html
 |access-date  = November 22, 2021
 |website      = Boing Boing
 |language     = en-US
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120808161409/http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/neal-stephensons-some-re.html
 |archive-date = August 8, 2012
 |url-status   = live
 }}</ref>

<ref name="nieman_20120807_stephensonremarks">{{Cite web
 |last         = Maly
 |first        = Tim
 |title        = "Why’s this so good?" No. 21: Neal Stephenson’s plot-free adventure story
 |url          = https://nieman.harvard.edu/stories/whys-this-so-good-no-21-neal-stephenson-mother-earth-mother-board-tim-maly/
 |access-date  = November 22, 2021
 |website      = Nieman Foundation
 |language     = en-US
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150530181251/http://nieman.harvard.edu/stories/whys-this-so-good-no-21-neal-stephenson-mother-earth-mother-board-tim-maly/
 |archive-date = May 30, 2015
 |url-status   = live
 }}</ref> 


<ref name="wired_19961201_stephensonessay">{{cite web
 |last         = Stephenson
 |first        = Neal
 |author-link  = Neal Stephenson
 |title        = Mother Earth Mother Board
 |website      = Wired Magazine
 |date         = December 1, 1996
 |url          = https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
 |access-date  = May 19, 2021
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151107094324/https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
 |archive-date = November 7, 2015
 |url-status   = live
 |url-access   = subscription
 }}</ref>

}}

{{NealStephensonBooks}}

== External links ==
The original article is locked behind the magazine's paywall, but a [https://web.archive.org/web/20210519192919/http://lpc1.clpccd.cc.ca.us/lpc/jgonder/studentresources/Wired%20MotherBoard%204.12/4.12_%20Mother%20Earth%20Mother%20Board.pdf PDF version is available].

[[Category:1996 essays]]
[[Category:Essays by Neal Stephenson]]


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