Brian Doherty | January 22, 2007
I'm not qualified to vouch for the math, but scientist and science journalist Russell Seitz calculates that "some 50 grams of electrons in motion make up the Internet." That doesn't include the chips or wires, though he goes on to think about those as well in the full post.
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