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In the mid to late 80’s, a group of undergrads met at Brown University and became the backbone of the popular tech scene in New York known as Silicon Alley. One of the last of this class to get started was Rufus Griscom, who created the erotic online magazine *Nerve* alongside his partner Genevieve Field. The day after the Communications Decency Act was passed, they launched Nerve.com.