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Google Founder Sergey Brin Already Wearing Google Glasses

By Dan Amira

Juxtaposition. Photo: scobleizer/Instagram

Left: Tech blogger Robert Scoble wears primitive, Internet-deficient glasses — a style of eyewear popular in the 18th century — during a San Francisco charity event last night.

Right: Sergey Brin is watching Mad Men.

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