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On Digital Natives

The 4 y.o.: Mom, can you rewind the DVD so I can watch it again from the beginning?
The 12 y.o.: You can’t rewind a DVD. Anyway, it’s streaming video from Amazon.
The 4 y.o.: Yes you can. You start it at the beginning. That’s rewinding.
The 12 y.o.: Exactly. It’s just pixels. There’s nothing to rewind. It’s not a VHS tape.
The 4 y.o.: You can’t rewind tape. You’d get stuck!

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