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Man, I just got to read a paper edition of The Economist today. What a lovely experience. The crisp sound of paper, flipping through the pages with my own fingers, direct, effective, focused. All my memory neurons that wired together reading The Economist during my college years in those quite weekend mornings fired ferociously together. I can't even imagine how any gadget will ever beat it.

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When I was in high school, any opportunity to find a print copy of The Economist was a moment to be cherished. The annual subscription was way beyond my means, but if we took a school trip downtown, or if my parents and I went to a bookstore, I'd absolutely grab a copy.

The Atlantic, however, was ridiculously affordable. I had a subscription by the time I was in my early 20s for, IIRC, about $14 a year. Might have even been $14 for two years.

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