You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without the World Wide Web.
In October 2015, Adrienne LaFrance wrote about the disappearance of published content—including a Pulitzer finalist's 34-part investigative series—from the internet.
You were born in December of 1991. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 5 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Witold Rybczynski wrote about the history of work and leisure time.
Around the time you were born, Russian President Boris Yeltsin wrote to NATO expressing Russia's interest in joining.
In January 1996, Anatol Lieven wrote about the challenges of NATO's proposed Eastern expansion.
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At 9 years old, you were part of the generation most shaped by 9/11.
The conflicts and displacements touched off around the world by the attacks have been reverberating for the majority of your life. “This ‘war’ [on terrorism] will never be over,” wrote James Fallows, a few years after the towers fell.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after the iTunes Store.
In January 2013, Rebecca Greenfield wrote that the future of the iTunes Store lies not in music, but in apps.
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This is what Hollywood thought teenagers looked like the year you became one.
Mean Girls was released in 2004.
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In 2004, Emma Roberts, who was born the same year as you, began starring in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous.
In September 2014, Kevin O'Keeffe wrote about Roberts's role as Addie in the series.
Around your 18th birthday, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner made its maiden flight from Everett, Washington.
In March 2016, Arnold Reiner wrote about the possibility of self-flying planes.
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When you turned 19, you witnessed the revolutionary fervor that transformed the Arab world in 2010, a movement led by your generation.
When 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, he ignited a tinderbox of protests that continue to roil the Middle East, and kindled the beginnings of democracy in Tunisia.
By the time you turn 29, scientists estimate it will no longer be possible to keep global temperatures from rising at least 1.5 degrees Celsius.
In December 2015, Robinson Meyer wrote about why scientists had accepted this fact.
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