-"'''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>
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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 ==
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-<ref name="Wired">{{cite web
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+<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
-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].
+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].