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The forgotten war on beepers

by Louis Anslow newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org published 2024-04-10

30 years before parents and lawmakers sought to save youth from smartphones via age limits and bans in schools, a similar conversation took place about a pre-cursor to the cellphone: pagers Through the 1980s pagers became increasingly popular with teens, and also:

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