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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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Against the machines

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 28 2008, 2:27 PM ET Comment

I lost my cellphone on Sunday. Last week my hard-drive went up on me. A month ago I left my Kindle in someone else's car--got it back fortunately. Nevertheless, the lesson is clear--me and tech don't mix. I don't have the sort of brain that can keep track of all this shit. On a tangential note, I'm leaving Facebook too. No fucking way I have 250 friends.

UPDATE: If I wasn't clear, I'm not buying another cell-phone. I'm fucking done. Besides my e-mail is right on this page. And I answer it. Anyone can get at me.


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