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Once upon a time in a land far away I was born the eldest son to the eldest son. My position at the start of the next generation afforded me periodic access to the intimate interactions of the previous. At a young age I was already aware of the existence of an exclusive community between [...]
I remember seeing a television science reporter, many years ago, describing the Japanese gadget freaks (now known as gadget otaku) that hung around Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo. With the same hushed tones used by David Attenborough when approaching a herd of water-buffalo, the reporter described a unique urban sub-culture characterized by an intense pre-occupation with [...]
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