If you sent someone with smartphone/Internet back >25 years (assuming magically working connectivity) they'd Connecticut Yankee most fields.
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If you don't happen to know all classic works of American literature, that's OK, a computer remembers for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur%27s_Court …
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The capabilities of a person augmented by the Internet are so ridiculously better than one without that to someone without it appears magic.
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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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Meanwhile, poor children routinely receive birthday presents which contain the sum of all human knowledge and also instant communication.
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Someone with a smart phone knows more about a city in their first 10 minutes in it than a lifelong resident cab driver.
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I know some people bristle at that statement of fact, but it is a statement of fact. Ask both to route you to an arbitrarily chosen dentist.
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