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What would it cost to have a device similar to an android tablet 40 years ago? Billion dollars? Now you can get them for $100. What would it cost to have acces
by johngalt 11y ago
What would it cost to have a device similar to an android tablet 40 years ago? Billion dollars? Now you can get them for $100.
What would it cost to have access to the sum of human knowledge instantly 40 years ago? In video/text/audio form? Now they hand out wifi free in coffee shops.
In each case people/industries were displaced while generating enourmous wealth. The value of your paycheck may be lower, but what it can buy is incalculably more valuable. I would rather been poor now than rich 40 years ago.
- hiram112 11y agoThe value of my paycheck can not buy an average home in my city. I'm not talking about a large McMansion, but a house built in 1940. It's great that I can buy an IPhone, but basic necessities in life like shelter, children, etc. are being priced above the middle class in many area. Sure I could move to a cheaper area, but then I wouldn't have a job.
- collyw 11y agoThe "sum of human knowledge" is not available on the internet. A lot of it yes, but not everything. And there is also plenty of misinformation on the internet as well. 30 years ago my library did a good job of coming up with most of the information that I needed.