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Back when bandwidth and network connectivity was an extremely rare commodity, we had to innovate to provide the functionality we wanted. Torrents, email, multi-
by throwaw73747493 5y ago
Back when bandwidth and network connectivity was an extremely rare commodity, we had to innovate to provide the functionality we wanted. Torrents, email, multi-part download/upload, compression algorithms, traffic shaping, software mirrors. The resilient parts of the digital world were born out of creatively circumventing our limitations.
In a world with no limitations, we're free to no longer be creative.
- sitkack 5y agoTime to be creative in other dimensions. Creativity doesn't only have to happen in scarcity, it can also flourish in largesse.