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40 years ago there was no Fedex, no email, no Twitter, and everything moved at a slow pace. Incorrect, Fedex was founded in 1971.[1] Its worth noting that the
by dfc 14y ago
40 years ago there was no Fedex, no email, no Twitter, and everything moved at a slow pace.
Incorrect, Fedex was founded in 1971.[1] Its worth noting that the the founder of FedEx also recognized that time was more important than ever before:
"The concept for what became Federal Express came to Fred Smith while he was studying at Yale University. For a class there, he submitted a paper which argued that in modern technological society time meant money more than ever before"[2]
I understand what the author was going for but I do not understand starting a piece with a bold and catchy introduction if you can't be bothered to check your facts.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Express http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Express
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- greenyoda 14y agoThe part about no e-mail is also wrong: the first ARPANET e-mail was also sent in 1971: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email#Email_networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email#Email_networks And did everything really move at a slow pace 40 years ago? Besides FedEx and network e-mail being created, there were six lunar landings between 1969 and 1972, and society was being transformed by the sexual and civil rights revolutions. In 1972 the Watergate scandal brought down the U.S. presidency and Kernighan and Ritchie's book on C was published. Science and technology and society were evolving rapidly, perhaps more rapidly than today.
- zobzu 14y agoArguably so, they weren't really slowed down by software and attention-sites back then HN is one of those sites, mind you. Few are the people who can restrain to use these less than 30min a week. And heck, since everybody killed RSS feeds, there's no very good way to get access to information quickly anyway. Plus, since the content is rarely well researched, you generally gotta read comments.