Roberto J. González, "Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network" (U California Press, 2020)
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The Benefits of Social Mediam and Connectivity
The benefits of digital connectivity, but also ask the readers not to resort to thick utopianism that's perpetuated by the tech industry in silican valley. And you exactly right about the posts of tallians, be it on facebook or on u tu. Ah, in a way that 's very different than when i first visited the village in 19 94. I mean, back then, to maintain contact with your relatives in los angeles, if you had sent a son there, or your daughter decided to move to mexico city, you had to use one of the three telephones in the village and pay lots of money a for each minute that you spoke,. That was your other
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