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Sailing technology today is similar to technology from the 1600s, just more convenient. Same thing with books, paper, pens, etc. It seems likely that the idea

• PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
  books haven't been around forever, and in particular printed books are only about 600 years old.the basic concept of a bound set of pages is about 1500 years old. pen technology in 2021 looks absolutely nothing like pen technology in 1621. I don't think a person from that time would visually recognize a modern pen, even if they could understand its purpose once it was explained or they got to use it. paper is only about 1200 years old. None of these technologies has "been around for ever", although one could clearly make a case that barring total civilizational collapse, they might truly be here to stay. I don't think that the same could be said for any current computing technology. Sailing technology is similar, except that very few people ever sail, travel in sailboats, receive goods shipped in sailboats, or even see a sailboat. The things that have largely replaced sailing would look very foreign to someone from 1621. I suspect the same will be true in 2400. There will still be some people (perhaps) using technology that we're familiar with today, but most people will use something else.