A Tween’s Take, circa 1993

A look through some old boxes from Allie’s childhood turned up this sheet of gold. We’ve deduced that it was penned in or around 1992-93 when she was 11 or 12 years old. If you’ve ever met AJ (in all her kindness & delight), you’ll definitely understand why everyone is especially taken aback when reading through this for the first time. (click to enlarge)

We forget how widespread these sorts of fears were some 15+ years ago. It’s  also funny to recall how we understood human and technological interests to be so fundamentally opposed, or disconnected, back then.

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If you’re curious, Allie got an A on her project. Her teacher’s comment read “May I have perspective? You have caught the feeling many have of computers.”