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One of the ideas that urs gasser and i had from the start of the born digital book project was to find a way to coproduce the ideas behind the book. Born digital was described as a landmark sociological study of todays early adults. Mar 24, 2020 john is the head of school at phillips academy, andover. Born digital investigates what it means to grow up in a mediated culture and the ways in which technology inflects issues like. Oct 28, 2007 john palfreys blog post on the berkman centers project on digital natives raises the question who are actually these socalled digital natives.