* Drawing on notebook margins
* Inventing games with random objects
* Calling friends just to “see what they’re doing”
Today, boredom is instantly cured with a screen. Back then, it was a doorway to imagination. Bet you didn’t think about that in years.
## The Sound of Technology Growing Up
Technology used to make *noise*—and those sounds are burned into memory.
* The screeching handshake of dial-up internet
* The clack-clack of a keyboard with real resistance
* The thunk of a VHS tape sliding into the VCR
* The click of a Walkman lid snapping shut
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