The Best Magazine Articles Ever
*** Ron Rosenbaum, "Secrets of the Little Blue Box" in October 1971 Esquire. The first and best account of telephone hackers, more amazing than you might believe.
** Stewart Brand, "Space War: Fanatic Life and Symbolic Dearth Among Computer Bums" in Rolling Stone, December 7, 1972. Written nearly 40 years ago, this account of virtual realities has all the classic props: midnight hours, geek humor, nerd hubris, and other worldliness.
* Howard Kohn and David Weir, "Tania's World: The Inside Story" (about Patty Hearst's kidnapping), in Rolling Stone, October 23, 1975.
** Edward Jay Epstein, "Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?" from The Atlantic, February 1982. Diamonds, De Beers, monopoly & marketing.
…and many more. Stars denote how many times a correspondent has suggested it. Instapaper-bait.
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