> So you can have the technology that allows you to comment here (Starlink), People have been posting on chat / message boards for a few decades now. This is n

> So you can have the technology that allows you to comment here (Starlink), People have been posting on chat / message boards for a few decades now. This is not novel. Not sure the quality of discussion has improved since the modem days (14.4k was my first). > or drive home from work (GPS) Tens of millions of us learned how to read maps and road signs once upon a time. You can actually fit several states' worth of maps into most car glove compartments, it is quite wild. > or cure cancer (various ISS research) There has been lots of cheering of all the cuts that DOGE made, including cancer and other disease related research and prevention, so this seems a rather moot point. > survive as a species Oh yes! First crewed mission to mars according to Musk is just what, 3 years away now?