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   1 {{short description|Essay by Neal Stephenson}}
   2 {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
   3 "'''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" />
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   5 ==See also==
   6 [[How the World Was One]]
   7
   8 == References ==
   9 {{Reflist|refs=
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  11 <ref name="boingboing_20120807_bookreview">{{Cite web
  12  |last         = Doctorow
  13  |first        = Cory
  14  |author-link  = Cory Doctorow
  15  |date         = August 7, 2012
  16  |title        = Neal Stephenson's Some Remarks, a remarkable essay collection
  17  |url          = https://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/neal-stephensons-some-re.html
  18  |access-date  = November 22, 2021
  19  |website      = Boing Boing
  20  |language     = en-US
  21  |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120808161409/http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/neal-stephensons-some-re.html
  22  |archive-date = August 8, 2012
  23  |url-status   = live
  24  }}</ref>
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  26 <ref name="nieman_20120807_stephensonremarks">{{Cite web
  27  |last         = Maly
  28  |first        = Tim
  29  |title        = "Why’s this so good?" No. 21: Neal Stephenson’s plot-free adventure story
  30  |url          = https://nieman.harvard.edu/stories/whys-this-so-good-no-21-neal-stephenson-mother-earth-mother-board-tim-maly/
  31  |access-date  = November 22, 2021
  32  |website      = Nieman Foundation
  33  |language     = en-US
  34  |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/
  35  |archive-date = May 30, 2015
  36  |url-status   = live
  37  }}</ref>
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  40 <ref name="wired_19961201_stephensonessay">{{cite web
  41  |last         = Stephenson
  42  |first        = Neal
  43  |author-link  = Neal Stephenson
  44  |title        = Mother Earth Mother Board
  45  |website      = Wired Magazine
  46  |date         = December 1, 1996
  47  |url          = https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
  48  |access-date  = May 19, 2021
  49  |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151107094324/https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
  50  |archive-date = November 7, 2015
  51  |url-status   = live
  52  |url-access   = subscription
  53  }}</ref>
  54
  55 }}
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  57 {{NealStephensonBooks}}
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  59 == External links ==
  60 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].
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  62 [[Category:1996 essays]]
  63 [[Category:Essays by Neal Stephenson]]
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  66 {{lit-essay-stub}}