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Last generation to remember life before the Internet
- greenyoda 11y ago"These people, says Harris, are the last of a dying breed. 'If you were born before 1985, then you know what life is like both with the internet and without.'" That statement really needs to be qualified a bit: it's people living in the "developed world". A significant chunk of the planet (e.g., large parts of rural India or Africa) doesn't yet have electricity and running water, let alone internet service. This source claims that only 42% of the world's population currently has internet access: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoHeck, my 87-year-old Ma doesn't know what life is like with the internet. She's never touched a computer in her life, has no electronic gadgets other than a pacemaker.