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The same sort of thing could have been said (and was) when the telephone and printing press were invented, to pick just two examples.
by matt_kantor 8y ago
The same sort of thing could have been said (and was) when the telephone and printing press were invented, to pick just two examples.
- api 8y agoIt's been an ongoing process but there can be thresholds where phase shifts occur. We are experiencing an exponential rise in connectivity.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoAnd (possibly replacing telephone with telegraph and radio) those events pretty much turned the civilization upside down. They were transformative. So was the Internet. Now we have another qualitative step - never before people were actually connected 24/7, with constant Internet activations coming to our pocket.