Here’s a picture of what life looked like at the turn of the millennium: We couldn’t stop gossiping about the extramarital affairs of the scandal-ridden president of the United States; we rented movies from Blockbuster and showed off our vast CD collections; we waited patiently for modems to connect us to the internet (and hoped that no one had to use the phone at the same time). We had no idea what the future would bring — how could we?

Now that it’s 2025, it seems like a good moment to take stock of what the last 25 years have actually wrought. And what a dizzying era it’s been, encompassing five US presidencies, one global financial collapse, major wars, the rise of algorithms, and a wholesale transformation of media and technology. All along, the culture we devoured and engaged with r

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