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Modern humanity is 200,000 years old. Neolithic civilization is about 10,000 years old. Writing is 5000 years old. The Middle Ages was 1500 years ago. The prin
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
Modern humanity is 200,000 years old. Neolithic civilization is about 10,000 years old. Writing is 5000 years old. The Middle Ages was 1500 years ago. The printing press is 600 years old. The Industrial Revolution is about 250 years old. Humans went to the moon about 50 years ago.
WordPerfect 5.1 is 33 years old.
Humans who used WordPerfect 5.1 when it first came out were just as modern as any humans. In fact many of them are still alive and still at the cutting edge of technology.
The writer has no clue what “modern” and “ancient” mean when referring to humans.
- yazzku 4y agoIt's a Wired article.
- II2II 4y agoThe title is meant to evoke an image, rather than be taken literally. That said, it is a weak article. It is more of a nostalgia trip that says very little about learning from our past.
- keithalewis 4y agoThis is a thing now. Instead of modern humans putting in an effort to learn hard won knowledge their predecessors tried to communicate to them, we have know-nothing reporters incentivised to manufacture drivel for their corporate masters selling ads. And old men yelling at clouds.
- anothernewdude 4y ago
- tgv 4y ago
- thriftwy 4y agoAnd you seem to have no idea how fast the computer technology was going. Maybe WP 5.1 is not neolithic but it's definitely late antiquity in the computer software terms.
- karmakurtisaani 4y agoA long fact-based post just to misunderstand a joke. This is peak HN.