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Escape

How a generation shaped, destroyed and survived the internet

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By: Marie Le Conte
Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
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'Fifteen years ago, the internet felt like a special place my friends and I had built for each other; by 2020, we were standing on its ruins, wondering if we'd played a part in its destruction.'

Journalist Marie Le Conte was born in 1991, the same year the World Wide Web was invented. She had her first blog at twelve, a successful music website at fifteen, a Wikipedia page at seventeen and now, at thirty, over 80,000 followers on Twitter. From MSN, Tumblr and MySpace, to chat rooms, forums and blogs; Marie is part of the millennial generation that grew up while the internet was growing up with them.

Where did it go all wrong? How did the internet go from a place where you went to escape real life to where real life is shaped? A place where you could be yourself and find like-minded people to a world of filters and ads? A place we are all now desperately trying to escape from?

Escape is a fascinating exploration of the rise and demise of the internet. It's a look back on the platforms, the people and the online places. It's an analysis of the lessons being online has taught us, how the internet has changed us - and a celebration of the tools it gives us to feel less alone. The online generation have forever altered the world we live in, but is the internet still a place for the people that shaped it? Elections & Political Process History History & Culture Politics & Government Technology
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Mostly ignores tech and focuses on online identities, friendships, and tribes. Especially for people who didn't have much luck with such IRL. Partly biographical, so many references to France, London, and indie rock. Gloomy message, but the author adds wit at points. Decent narrator.

The rise and fall of the Internet as a socializing space.

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