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Is wireless access to the internet a right? A privilege? A good business model? Fortune Magazine’s Adam Lashinsky joins Kai for a chat on the unintended consequences of the wi-fi revolution.

WiFi is readily available even in the old city of Tallinn, the capitol of Estonia. (Photo: Flickr/.evenwestvang)

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