Why do I get the impression that you're about 50? Those things are as new as all that nor did they start so abruptly and simultaneously. Just a few points: -

Why do I get the impression that you're about 50? Those things are as new as all that nor did they start so abruptly and simultaneously. Just a few points: - Teenagers as a consumer class were invented in about the early 60s, arguably maybe the 50s. - The Cold War was about obedience to the authorities lest one be blacklisted (or imprisoned or killed). - The DMCA was in 1998, so there has not yet been 50 years of obedience to it. - The word "nerd" dates from the 50s, at a time when science curricula were pushed.