In his new book, “Writing on the Wall,” The Economist’s digital editor Tom Standage looks back at “social media” throughout history, from the papyrus scrolls that carried communiqués in the days of the the Roman empire to the Tudor-era Devonshire Manuscript. With social media as ubiquitous as it is today, we thought it would be fun to imagine what some of our favorite classic authors might say on Twitter. Who'd be hilarious, who'd be insufferable--and who would you follow, block or unfollow?
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