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Picked up this clip<\/a>, “The Child,” from infosthetics <\/a>this morning and found it striking enough–for its geotypography–to justify pasting it on. This is what the world would be like were it purely textual. The premise is simple enough–a couple in New York City rushes to the hospital where their baby will be delivered. Only, is the baby a word? And wouldn’t NYC have more words?<\/p>\n

Anyway, I say it’s worth stowing in your playlist as a conversation troubler the next time culture-as-text, thick description, or an everything’s text<\/i> worldview comes up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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