{{short description|Essay by Neal Stephenson}}
"'''Mother Earth Mother Board'''" is an essay by [[Neal Stephenson]] that appeared in ''[[Wired Magazine]]'' in December, 1996,<ref name="Wired"/> 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>{{Cite web|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=2021-11-22|website=Nieman Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> It was later reprinted in ''[[Some Remarks]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Doctorow|first=Cory|date=2012-08-07|title=Neal Stephenson's Some Remarks, a remarkable essay collection|url=https://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/neal-stephensons-some-re.html|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Boing Boing|language=en-US}}</ref>

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

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

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== External links ==
The original article is locked behind the magazine's paywall, but a [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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