A Papermaker in the NY Times

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Read this insightful New York Times article written by Mark Levin: "Can a Papermaker Help to Save Civilization?" Timothy Barrett is an MacArthur fellow, papermaker, and paper scientist at the University of Iowa. Here's a teaser: "Barrett...has dedicated his life to unlocking the mysteries of paper, which he regards as both the elemental stuff of civilization and an endangered species in digital culture." Beautiful, just beautiful. Also, here is a great photo slideshow about a papermaker's craft.

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