Phen@lemmy.eco.br to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agowhat fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?message-squaremessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1174arrow-down1message-squarewhat fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?Phen@lemmy.eco.br to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square159fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoI miss the niche community “sentences that would have made no sense fifteen years ago.” Like “Homestuck stans dox Twitter influencer @dril.”
minus-squareEmoDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·8 months agoThe idea of a thinking machine/mechanical brain would be more than enough to wow them
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoYes. Realistic working computers were still a fantasy. So was solid state electronics and continuing miniaturisation. But they might feel like plausible future space magic like flying cars.
In 1923 this would be gibberish.
I miss the niche community “sentences that would have made no sense fifteen years ago.”
Like “Homestuck stans dox Twitter influencer @dril.”
The idea of a thinking machine/mechanical brain would be more than enough to wow them
Yes. Realistic working computers were still a fantasy. So was solid state electronics and continuing miniaturisation.
But they might feel like plausible future space magic like flying cars.