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> Explaining the Internet to someone from the Middle Ages would be almost impossible I think it's quite possible. "In the future, by pressing fingers on these
by meric 10y ago
> Explaining the Internet to someone from the Middle Ages would be almost impossible
I think it's quite possible. "In the future, by pressing fingers on these letters printed on a specially built rectangular object in a pattern to invoke certain incantations, people will be able to speak directly to other people from around the world, as well as control machines in factories to produce stuff with little or no manual labor." Do make it clear you have no part in any of it, to avoid getting hanged or burned, but I'm sure they'll understand you.
- shostack 10y agoI'm in the middle of the second "Off to be the Wizard" books and this is exactly how they deal with it. Really it just comes down to abstracting away everything under hood and relating to existing concepts and ideologies. Even today, most people wouldn't get how a car functions, but they would understand that you push this and turn that and this moves you.