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Primal widget: the most powerful piece of technology almost everybody carries almost all the time in a given milieu Backwards from today: smartphone wristwatch umbrella kerchief/towel pen hat or turban knife sword bag/basket walkey-pokey stick Am I missing any?
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Yes I’m still on my sonic-screwdriver/multi-tool kick. Their fictional provenance is wands and staffs of course, but their real historical provenance is fascinating.
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For example it didn’t hit me till I thought about it, but the HHG towel has a real provenance in a primal widget. Handkerchiefs and neck-kerchiefs in the west and actual towels or turban towels (hence towelhead as a slur) in Asia.
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