You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without websites.
In February 2015, Julie Beck wrote about what is lost when websites change or disappear.
You were born in December of 1992. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 6 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Jack Miles wrote about economic tensions between Latinos and African Americans highlighted by the L.A. Riots.
Around the time you were born, the first-ever text message was sent.
In August 2011, Jamie Holmes wrote about how texting is the driving force behind technology-enabled changes in commerce, crime, political participation, and governing in the developing world.
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At 8 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 Facebook.
In May 2012, Stephen Marche wrote about how Facebook and other social-media platforms were making people lonely, even as they connected them to others more than ever before.
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This is what Hollywood thought teenagers looked like the year you became one.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was released in 2005.
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In 2010, Taylor Lautner, who was born the same year as you, won four Teen Choice Awards.
In June 2010, Cailey Hall wrote about the multi-film Twilight saga.
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When you turned 18, 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.
Around your 18th birthday, a series of demonstrations began in Tunisia, leading to the removal of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
In September 2011, Rebecca Rosen wrote about the role of social media in the Arab Spring.
By the time you turn 37, humanity's water requirements will exceed its supplies by 40 percent.
In May 2012, Stewart M. Patrick wrote about the Intelligence Community's report on global water scarcity, and the plan to combat it.
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