The Disappearance of the Ashtray

These things used to be pieces of furniture

Clive Thompson

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See that thing above?

I inherited it from my mother, who passed away in the summer of 2020. When I first handed it to one of my teenage sons, he was impressed. It’s beautiful, he said. But — what is it?

“It’s an ashtray,” I told him.

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Clive Thompson

I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net