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(2023·)Whatmaywellbetheoldestmetalcoinsintheworldhavebeen

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identifiedatanancientabandonedcityknownasGuanzhuanginChina.LikemanyBronzeAge(青铜时代)coins

fromtheregion,theywerecastintheshapeofspades(铲)withfinelycarvedhandles.Theseancientcoinsexisted

duringanin-betweenperiodbetweenbarter()andmoney,whencoinswereanovelconcept,but

以物易物

everybodyknewthatagriculturaltoolswerevaluable.

Readingaboutthisincrediblediscovery,Ikeptthinkingaboutthewaymodernpeoplerepresentcomputer

networksbydescribingmachinesashaving“addresses”,likeahouse.Wealsotalkaboutonecomputerusinga

“port”tosendinformationtoanothercomputer,asifthedatawereafloatingboatwithdestination.It’sasifwe

areintheBronzeAgeofinformationtechnology,graspingdesperatelyforreal-worldreferencetotransformour

civilization.

Nowconsiderwhathappenedtospadecoins.Overcenturies.metalworkersmadethesecoinsintomore

abstractshapes.Somebecamealmosthumanfigures.Others’handleswerereducedtosmallhalf-circles.As

spadecoinsgrewmoreabstract.peoplecarvedthemwithnumbervaluesandthelocationswheretheyweremade.

Theybecamemorelikemoderncoins,flatandcoveredinwriting.Lookingatoneoftheselaterpieces,you

wouldhavenoideathattheywereonceintendedtolooklikeaspade.

Thismakesmewonderifwewilldevelopanentirelynewsetofsymbolsthatallowustointeractwithour

digitalinformationmoresmoothly.

Takingspadecoinsasourguide,wecanguessthatfar-futurecomputernetworkswillnolongercontainany

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