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.
Around the time you were born, Yugoslavia collapsed when Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence.
In April 2012, Alan Taylor published a retrospective photo essay to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bosnian War.
You were born in June 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.
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At 10 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 2007, Tyler, the Creator, who was born the same year as you, co-founded the alternative hip-hop collective Odd Future.
In April 2015, Spencer Kornhaber wrote about why physical albums will never die.
Around your 18th birthday, General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
In March 2012, Megan McArdle wrote about how corporate culture causes large companies like GM to fail.
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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 43, NASA says it will send humans to explore Mars.
In August 2015, Alakananda Mookerjee wrote about what new Mars colonists would be able to eat—and how they'd grow it.
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