Here’s one for DP readers of a certain age…

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I am a child of the twenty-first century. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t actually born in it. More observant readers may have detected from earlier pieces of mine that I am in fact more than seven years old. What I mean is that I enjoy all the technology these times have to offer, the limitless opportunities for interaction. Far from the gloomy dystopean visions you often hear about, of atomised individuals all in their hermetically sealed bubbles, I feel that we’ve never been more part of a vast network than we are today. I’m addicted to FaceBook (you know it’s an addiction when people young enough to be your children are telling you you’re on it too much), and regularly email, skype, and chat to people in a whole variety of countries.

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