>>but people dramatically overestimate how much impact it has on social organization. Look at cities. Cities are the archetypal expression of civilization. How

>>but people dramatically overestimate how much impact it has on social organization. Look at cities. Cities are the archetypal expression of civilization. How long have cities been built in more or less the same way? They have been recognizably modern for a century (people were coming down from Westchester to work in midtown Manhattan on electric trains 100 years ago). Cities are still built more or less the same, but the internet has inarguably enabled more people to work in the cities, by making remote work a possibility. Yes, people have commuted to work for years. But how long have there also been people who did not commute, yet still called those who commute their colleagues?