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		saulpw on July 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The internet is already over (2022) It's hard to believe that a 15-year-old book was a defining cultural touchstone. What do we have from 2009 that has the reach of HHGTTG in 1994? Twilight? Hunger Games?

ssl-3 on July 7, 2024 [–]

We didn't read books in 2009 like we did in 1979.

In 2009, we already had pocket supercomputers.

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