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Teens and their social venues

Sep 22, 2006

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by Google - 15 September 2006 - New Scientist Tech

This article seems to dove-tail well with the yesterday's post. It's written from the view of a teenager dealing with a lack of venues for creativity. The very act of constructing venues seems to constrict creativity.

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