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The ancient Silk Road city that has a lesson for Silicon Valley

On a trip along the Silk Road, columnist Annalee Newitz discovers that ancient technology can offer us a framework for our own advances.

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On a trip along the Silk Road, columnist Annalee Newitz discovers that ancient technology can offer us a framework for our own advances. The most important drivers of technology aren’t inventions or devices, it turns out, but the people making them

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The ancient Silk Road city that has a lesson for Silicon Valley

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