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Nick Baker鈥檚 three-part collection of programmes and interviews reflects on how the impact of technology has changed, from the dawn of language to the age of virtual reality.

This first episode, Hardware, features Stephen Fry along with an edition of Fry鈥檚 English Delight about the physicality of written language, from its earliest scrawlings to the digital age.

Also, in The Persistence of Analogue, tech writer Leigh Alexander says despite all the boundless conveniences of the digital world, it can sometimes feel as if something has been lost in the transition to an always-on virtual society.

Producer: Stephen Garner

Made for 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in November 2019.