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I love this show. A historian looks at how one change can spread out and affect many different things.
this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2025
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What i'm writing on.
A "smartphone",
the name we gave to a rectangular rock with billions of mechanisms 10 000 smaller than the width of a hair, capable of aligning by billions of operation per second numbers in such precision that we get the feeling of seeing colors and images and text,
capable of emitting precise electromagnetic waves to transmit "messages" around the world, by a perfectly organised system called internet,
capable of representing 3d scenes, taking pictures, giving its localisation, and entertaining you, keeping millions of book in the palm of your hands,
Such miracle stone that we use to consume brainrot, spy on people, and throw in the trash 2 years later because it, for once, got a flaw.
Flight.
Urinating. Christ, there's no greater feeling of having a pee when you need to.
I know a lot of you are thinking about orgasm, but the thing is that's more of a luxury than an urgent need. You can live your life without, and not really feel you need to.
Also, water. How fucking great and refreshing is a glass of water.
Ball bearings
Air travel! I understand the physics involved in flight, but another part of me just watches these huge planes flying over (Airbus A380 is absolutely massive oh my gosh) and wondering how such a big and heavy thing can fly so high and so fast. I'll never get used to flying and I do mean that in the best way possible. It'll always amaze me that at any given moment there are millions of people flying high in the sky!
Who can blame them though?