Too Much Fiber

China is apparently leading in “fiber-to-the-room” installations, because blazing-fast wifi isn’t good enough.

To me, the most disturbing part of this pitch to increase the bandwidth on a room by room basis is that it will make us more productive. At what point does in increase in connectivity correlate with an increase in disconnect from the natural world?

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