Post Ajaibi7cGhbtYC2qAK by jsit@social.coop
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(DIR) Post #Ajac82RNYlti9hkyQa by jsit@social.coop
2024-07-04T14:23:06Z
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Which invention changed the world more:
(DIR) Post #Ajac83jUktz0ABExIu by BeAware@social.beaware.live
2024-07-04T14:24:06Z
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@jsit internet and it's not even close.Also, not listed: Fediverse đ
(DIR) Post #Ajaibi7cGhbtYC2qAK by jsit@social.coop
2024-07-04T15:29:56Z
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#RecencyBias
(DIR) Post #AjaibislRPK9uQ6Uee by BeAware@social.beaware.live
2024-07-04T15:36:40Z
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@jsit Nah...have you seen the world lately?If so, that's probably because the internet allows you to see the world.Maybe it's always been the same way, but we've never had such a connection worldwide before the 2000s.They always used to say "news spreads fast" but I bet they never thought about seconds...when something happens that's noteworthy, it's near-live worldwide.Newspapers, telephones, telegraphs, etc. Not one of them alone can do that effectively. We've replaced almost all of them with the internet.
(DIR) Post #Ajak9cz3yfN7PomTz6 by jsit@social.coop
2024-07-04T15:53:55Z
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@BeAware The internet certainly is more powerful than all of them combined, but the question isnât which would have changed the world the most in a vacuum, in the absence of the other three, or which we would choose if we could only have one. The question is which one most altered the world that it entered.
(DIR) Post #AjakR4utNSwOyD9Qhc by BeAware@social.beaware.live
2024-07-04T15:57:13Z
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@jsit Good point. In that case, maybe you're right. I am unsure if it can be understood fully without the nuances of those times each of them were created, but it's interesting to think about.
(DIR) Post #AjakSNPU6YwkcG4zUe by jsit@social.coop
2024-07-04T15:56:08Z
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@BeAware Re: âNews spreads fastâ â the telegraph introduced to the world the *light-speed travel* of information. Certainly the internet *also* does that, but the telegraph was the first to do it. I didnât live through it of course but that is mind-boggling.
(DIR) Post #Ajasesk8EbFotzD9Dk by john@liberdon.com
2024-07-04T17:29:16Z
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@jsit Hmm...Without radio transmission there is no TV and the Internet would be much more regionally isolated (no satellite communication, etc.). So while hearing news & music on a box isn't so important, as an enabling tech it's critical.There's also compared-to-what. If we have computer networking in a form that isn't IP-based, that's fine and maybe better depending on what it is. So Internet is very lower-value.TV is not even in on this tier. Telegraph was huge, but I go radio.