ramble81Jan 28

It still blows my mind how ubiquitous communication is now. I just had someone message me instantly from a ship in the Mediterranean, while I'm on a flight in the US.

https://lemmy.zip/post/57947121

It still blows my mind how ubiquitous communication is now. I just had someone message me instantly from a ship in the Mediterranean, while I'm on a flight in the US. - Lemmy.zip

Even less than a 150 years ago that would have been impossible. And prior to that communication among normal people could take months.

Show threadTomMaszJan 28
It’s a double-edged sword.
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I would even go as far to say as we do not have it under control* right now it’s massively being exploited and endangering humanity.

*I’m missing a better word for this. I don’t mean government control but so corporate lobby and malevolent influence of other entities can’t run rampant.

Jan 29 at 8:24amWeb