About This Book
This is "the Word" -- one man's word, certainly -- about the art (and artifice) of the state of our computer-centric existence. And considering that the "one man" is Neal Stephenson, "the hacker Hemingway" (Newsweek) -- acclaimed novelist, pragmatist, seer, nerd-friendly philosopher, and nationally...
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Reading Time Estimates
4h 8m
slow reader
180 WPM
2h 58m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 7m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 44,550 wordsπ
6 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
2 h 58 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
3 h 18 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
4 h 57 min
Audio 2x
2 h 29 min
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- π 6 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π6 commutesΒ of 30 min each