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It's fascinating that someone, within their lifetime, can invent something, watch it become a household item in the entire world and then fade so far into obscu
by mertd 6y ago
It's fascinating that someone, within their lifetime, can invent something, watch it become a household item in the entire world and then fade so far into obscurity that new generations only find out about it from encyclopedias.
- tqi 6y agoThe increasing pace of technology is really fascinating to think about, especially when comparing to something like printing[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_printing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_printing