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This week: David Bowie on the 1999 Internet, Elon lets Trump back on Twitter, and the Club Q shooting

Did David Bowie Say This in 1999 About the Internet?

David Bowie: Cultural icon, music legend, and — clairvoyant? 

Bowie gave a famous interview on BBC "Newsnight" in 1999, and made some remarks about the internet, which was at that time a burgeoning technology. His remarks seemed to predict some of the social fragmentation and chaos catalyzed by the internet in the 2010s and early 2020s.

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