Anyone want to challenge the proposition that World War 1 was the first event to have a global common-knowledge consciousness impact? Ie it didn’t just affect all parts of the world; all parts of the world were aware/conscious of it affecting all parts of the world *at the time*
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Replying to @vgr
if simultaneity is a criterion than everything before telegraph cables is excluded by default, and WW1 is the first global scale event to happen after the cables were laid.
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