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Fisher-Price Books Store, Amazon Associateshttp://fisherpricebooksstore.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/the-big-switch-rewiring-the-world-from-edison-to-google-by-nicholas-carr/ [Fisher-Price Books Store, Amazon Associates] Carr goes as far as foreseeing “just one person sitting at a PC and issuing simple commands over the Internet to a distant utility.” He writes that even Internet companies such as Craigslist, YouTube, and Flickr operate with minimal staff since they are making maximum use of the grid.

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