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The Junkman’s Dilemma: How The Internet Has Changed How We See History |
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About the organization EBay:
Type: Business
Sub-Types: Website, Retailing Agent, E-Commerce, Online Deal, Store, Online Store, Internet, Application Software, Telecommunication, Telecommunication Software, Online Shop |
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Notable Organizations: EBay, Techcrunch
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| Back in in 1999, just as Ebay was coming into bloom, William Gibson wrote a piece on his experiences buying expensive watches online. He called the article My Obsession and it details his youth as a picker in the 1970s.
He writes:
When I was a young man, traversing the ’70s in whatever post-hippie, pre-slacker mode I could manage, I made a substantial part of my living, such as it was, in… |
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