You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without Google.
In the July/August 2008 issue, Nicholas Carr wondered whether Google was making people stupid.
Around the time you were born, a shooting spree at Columbine High School left 13 dead.
In October 2000, Timothy Harper wrote about how police forces changed after Columbine.
You were born in June of 1999. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 7 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Ian Frazier wrote about life, culture, and heroism on an Indian reservation in South Dakota.
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At 5 years old, you began learning about the world just as we were reaching the outer solar system.
With NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission in 2005, humans landed a probe in the outer reaches of the solar system for the first time, a moment Ross Andersen called the most glorious mission in the history of planetary science.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after iPhones.
In November 2016, Bianca Bosker described how a former Google product philosopher was working to redefine the relationship between consumers and technologies like the iPhone.
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When you turned 9, you witnessed the election of Barack Obama.
The legacy of the first African American couple in the White House would be a major focus of The Atlantic.
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This is what Hollywood thought teenagers looked like the year you became one.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower was released in 2012.
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In 2014, Sabrina Carpenter, who was born the same year as you, began starring as Maya Hart in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World.
In August 2011, Kevin Fallon wrote about TV's history with failed remakes.
By the time you turn 25, experts at the Pew Research Center warn that there will be no "surveillance-free spaces."
In December 2014, Adrienne LaFrance wrote about how the way we see privacy will change over the next decade.
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