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> Things are going to continue getting better, faster, and weirder. I love this. Especially the weirder part. This tech can be useful in every crevice of socie
by moojacob 1y ago
> Things are going to continue getting better, faster, and weirder.
I love this. Especially the weirder part. This tech can be useful in every crevice of society and we still have no idea what new creative use cases there are.
Who would’ve guessed phones and social media would cause mass protests because bystanders could record and distribute videos of the police?
- staunton 1y ago> Who would’ve guessed phones and social media would cause mass protests because bystanders could record and distribute videos of the police? That would have been quite far down on my list of "major (unexpected) consequences of phones and social media"...
- ewoodrich 1y agoYep, it’s literally just a slightly higher tech version of (for example) the 1992 Los Angeles riots over Rodney King but with phones and Facebook instead of handheld camcorders and television.