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A six-panel comic. The first panel is titled ''1840'' and shows a stick figure saying, ''The modern bookworm is too busy reading about the world to look at it.'' The second panel is titled ''1880'' and shows a stick figure saying, ''No one talks anymore - we take our daily newspapers in silence.'' The third panel is titled ''1910'' and shows a stick figure saying, ''The magazine is destroying conversation. We even read as we walk!'' The fourth panel is titled ''1960'' and shows a stick figure saying, ''Television has put an end to family discussion''. The fifth panel is titled ''1980'' and shows a stick figure saying, ''Thanks to the Sony Walkman, anti-social isolation is now the norm.'' The sixth panel is titled ''2015'' and shows a stick figure saying, ''We've become too absorbed in our phones to notice the-'' and another person interrupts with, ''Dude. It's been two centuries. Take a hint.''

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