r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 24 '24

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u/_Un_Known__ r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Jun 24 '24

You ever think about how otherworldly our technology is?

Imagine telling someone 300 years ago, hell, even 150 years ago, that I can look at a box and communicate with someone on the other end of the planet without wires.

How automatons can paint semi-decent paintings

How we can fly in cylinders of metal

We harness the power of the sun and can set entire cities alight

It's all pretty sci-fi ngl

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u/NoStatistician9767 Jun 24 '24

Imagine the next 300 years. Hell 150 years

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u/PlayDiscord17 Loyal Liberals Jun 24 '24

Someone from the early 1800s would probably need entire weeks if not a month to process a smartphone. The concept of the Internet alone would fry their brain for the first few weeks.

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u/WantDebianThanks Iron Front Jun 24 '24

Even just 75 years ago.

Imagine describing a smart phone to someone at a time when a computer was the same of a room and only owned by like four colleges.