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title: "Total Eclipse: Europe Went Dark Again, 27 Years Later"
description: "Europe's first total solar eclipse since 1999 brings the Solipse festival back into view. What 27 years changed in life, tech and AI."
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# Total Eclipse: Europe Went Dark Again, 27 Years Later

In 1999, twenty thousand people watched totality from a Hungarian field with no phones. Today Europe went dark again. Here is what changed in between.

**Contents**

- The field was called Ozora
- Twenty-seven years is a long time to wait for a shadow
- What was in your pocket at Ozora
- The music cost a room
- Nobody in that field was worried about AI
- The honest ledger
- It comes back on 2 August 2027

Full text: https://yippy.com/t/y19zz64c526v6urgxnjf/