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Try to explain the current world to someone from 100 years ago. There are just too many alien concepts. "We all have these small picture plates in our pockets
by timonoko 5y ago
Try to explain the current world to someone from 100 years ago. There are just too many alien concepts.
"We all have these small picture plates in our pockets and they are all connected to each other via wireless telegram. And they are connected to libraries too -- you can read any book or newspaper and see any movie on that plate. You need no money as the plate is connected to a bank. You need no house keys, because the door can take orders via telegram."
"We can send telegrams to a great big wall and others can browse and read those announcements from anywhere. They are organized so that you can have public discussions on variety of subjects".
"Our biggest problem now is that there are too many libraries. Anybody can write a newspaper or book and put it into library. We do not know anymore what is true or false. Official Libraries of Truth are known to have mostly lies."
"In the next 100 years we have even bigger problem. More and more people do not live in the real world. They have such devices that they can believe they are living in a made-up story or dream. It is like a drug, they cannot do any work. If you wake them, they can go insane. Soon we have to just let them sleep all the time in large dormitories and storage rooms."
- trinovantes 5y agoIn the 1920s, airplanes and cars already exist but were not widely used. The other civilization-changing inventions in the last 100 years were probably microprocessor and the internet in the 60s and 70s. Maybe some fringe tech today will be widely used in 2120. It's also possible some tech that hasn't been invented will overtake the world in just a few short years. Of course there were also two world wars in the last 100 years so who knows what will happen.