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If someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared, what would be the most difficult thing to explain about life today? (lemmy.world)

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[-] jesterraiin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Interesting question. Given how intelligent he was, I don't think that modern tech would be very hard for him to grasp.

I think that he'd find it difficult to understand how people the likes of Musk waste so much time and money on bullshit like Twitter instead of changing the world for better, with a snap of their fingers.

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, he would be hard to explain technology stuff to just because I'm pretty sure he'd understand it better than I did within a few minutes and start asking questions that would put me totally out of my depth

[-] jesterraiin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is quite valid point.

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