“When a technology does die out in all places but one, something very special happens…”

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When a technology does die out in all places but one, something very special happens: The technology moves into an afterlife. The obsolete label finally comes off, and the last user standing gets to associate the technology with itself.

David Zvi Kalman, “The Strange and Violent History of the Ordinary Grogger”, Forward (20 March 2016) [http://forward.com/culture/jewishness/335491/the-strange-and-violent-history-of-the-ordinary-grogger]

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