You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without Macintosh computers.
In June 2012, Megan Garber wrote about how Apple computers, once thought to be virus-immune, can now get PC viruses.
Around the time you were born, several of the most famous pop stars on earth gathered to record "We Are the World."
In March 2015, Megan Garber wrote about that moment as a high point of celebrity earnestness.
You were born in January of 1985. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 4 times as old as you.
The year you were born, John Keegan wrote about the history and geopolitical significance of the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan.
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This is what Hollywood thought teenagers looked like the year you became one.
Can't Hardly Wait was released in 1998.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after Wikipedia.
In August 2015, Joe Pinsker wrote about the site's paid editors.
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At 16 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.
Around your 18th birthday, the NFL held the 37th Super Bowl in San Diego.
In December 2015, Jeanne Marie Laskas wrote about the discovery of the effect of concussions on brains, particularly for the NFL.
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In 2003, Keira Knightley, who was born the same year as you, starred in the first Pirates of The Caribbean film.
In December 2013, Christopher Orr wrote about why the Keira Knightley scene is the worst part of Love Actually.
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When you turned 25, 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 40, experts at the Pew Research Center warn that there will be no "surveillance-free spaces."
In December 2014, Adrienne LaFrance wrote about how the way we see privacy will change over the next decade.
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