Hidden Frequencies

About the Substack

Essays about the history of media, technology, and design

About Alex Wright

Author of Empire of Ink (forthcoming from Basic Books, 2026) and two previous books on the history of the information age; bylines in The NYTimes, The Atlantic, Salon.com, Columbia Journalism Review, The Believer, Wilson Quarterly, and elsewhere.

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