If you sent someone with smartphone/Internet back >25 years (assuming magically working connectivity) they'd Connecticut Yankee most fields.
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We downplay this because the Internet has been around for a while and feels like it's fading into the background of our lives.
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But we'd also experience hedonic adaptation to literally Harry Potter style magic, probably within a generation. Flying brooms? Kids' toys.
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even on top of that the current internet "vaguely type something into the address bar and get the right thing" vs the old
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(older) uncle visited from out of town, "Can you explain the hierarchy of the Catholic Church? I've been waiting to ask you."
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true to a point, although it's still just raw information. We all vary massively in ability to turn that into worthwhile outcomes!
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same as telegraph or electricity or gunpowder, right?
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