Today we are more dependent than ever on little objects called phones, although their ability to make “telephone calls” is incidental. The phone book and the phone booth may be vanishing from memory, but as James Gleick shows in his new book THE TELEPHONE, the telephone’s legacy is deeply ingrained—in our networks and our sophistication about networks, in the primacy of information, in the need for connection.

To celebrate this sweeping history of the instrument that created modern life, we’re asking you to share your telephone stories and memories. Call (385) DIAL-FSG (385) 342-5374 and leave us a message sharing your first or favorite experience with the telephone.

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