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Kids grow up connected to nothing these days, plugged in and living lives boosted to them from other people.

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Pasco
Washington
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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