You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without Amazon.
In March 2016, Ian Bogost wrote about the next stage in Amazon's commercial revolution.
You were born in October of 1995. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 6 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Gina Maranto wrote about women who put off trying to have children until their mid-thirties, and the reasons society should enable them to delay their careers instead of their childbearing.
Around the time you were born, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at a peace rally.
In November 2015, Adam Chandler interviewed Tzipi Livni about Rabin's legacy.
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At 5 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 YouTube.
In June 2013, Michael Anthony Adams wrote about how the video-sharing service has helped fill a void in his life—and the lives of many other young viewers.
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This is what Hollywood thought teenagers looked like the year you became one.
Modern Family premiered in 2008.
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When you turned 15, 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.
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In 2012, Gabby Douglas, who was born the same year as you, became the first African American gymnast to win the individual all-around gold medal in the Olympic Games.
In August 2012, Elspeth Reeve wrote about Douglas's career.
Around your 18th birthday, the U.S. government shut down in a disagreement over funding for Obamacare.
On October 2013, David A. Graham wrote about how Obamacare caused and survived the government shutdown.
By the time you turn 25, 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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