Social Networking in the 1600s

These “penny universities” were feared to be keeping young people from their studies and work. Now social media is experiencing the same time-wasting complaints.

But social media sites are continuing the coffeehouse tradition of allowing people from different backgrounds to mingle and engage in diverse conversations.

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