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A few billion folks live the same life now as they did before the computer was invented. Does that make the computer an insignificant part of our era?
by aianus 12y ago
A few billion folks live the same life now as they did before the computer was invented. Does that make the computer an insignificant part of our era?
- zzalpha 12y agoWhat? That's not at all true. Just because a person doesn't, themselves, own a computer, doesn't mean their lives aren't touched by their existence. As the first example that springs to mind: computers have enabled access to telecommunications infrastructure (think cell phones), which have utterly transformed the lives of many of the world's poorest. But a pipedream consensus database running on the internet? Colour me skeptical that it's going to utterly transform the world the way the computer has.
- yuvadam 12y agoIt certainly gives some very relevant perspective about the privileges we enjoy, absolutely.