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The Day the Old World Ended (And You Didn’t Notice) - January 9, 2007

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On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs unveiled a device that would reshape human civilization. The iPhone wasn't just a revolutionary product; it was the beginning of the attention economy, always-on connectivity, and a new relationship between humans and information. The executives who dismissed it were thinking about phones. Jobs was thinking about how we live.

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The Day the Old World Ended (And You Didn’t Notice) - January 9, 2007

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