what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?

@Phen@lemmy.eco.br · 1Y

@Thavron@lemmy.ca · 1Y

In 1923 this would be gibberish.

@EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works · 1Y

The idea of a thinking machine/mechanical brain would be more than enough to wow them

TXL · 1Y

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.

@mindbleach@sh.itjust.works · 1Y

I miss the niche community “sentences that would have made no sense fifteen years ago.”

Like “Homestuck stans dox Twitter influencer @dril.”