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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.
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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.