> Do you really think people in the 1200's could fathom a phone or the internet or access all information that ever has been on a device that fits on your phone

> Do you really think people in the 1200's could fathom a phone or the internet or access all information that ever has been on a device that fits on your phone? Yes? People in the 1200s could fathom gods and magic, why not phones? What kind of dullards do you think people were back then? The futures people imagine are consistently crazier than what actually happens. People thought that by year 2000 we'd have Mars colonies, flying cars and sentient computers. Sure, they didn't really see the Internet coming, and sure, the Internet is nice, but it's not exactly up to par, is it?