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The Technology Issue

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In 1984, I was 15 and always eager to learn something new about the human experience. For some reason, the photo booth at the Central Avenue Woolworth's in Albany, New York, was my preferred venue for these lessons.

By Sam McPheeters

The author, at 15, with pie, in Woolworth’s.

What does that feel like?

It’s a fad

Pay it no mind

Dear Grammy,

Sorry for the shocking revelations, but honestly, who could have predicted the rise of a global computer network? I’m no scientist, and I’m guessing even most scientists were blindsided by this one. It simply never crossed my mind that the different compartments of my life would someday have to merge. It’s best to think of me like one of those poor CIA officers who didn’t foresee the collapse of the Soviet Union—a victim of circumstance. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Honey, we typed your name into the internet, come look!