Basically the title. The fact that we can read an encyclopedia entry on the economic history of the Netherlands from our phone is crazy. Scrolling over to a random island in the middle of the Atlantic to experience a virtual street tour is insane. There are even websites that let you see live security camera footage (shoutout to EarthCamTV). We have so much information that we take for granted.

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    It’s also crazy that you can grab a phone book (if those even still exist) from the other side of the world, just call a number over there and speak with person you would’ve never met otherwise.

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      2 months ago

      When I was a trainer I had a 2-week class for AT&T customer service reps. The shear amount of BS involved in long distance calling and billing was overwhelming.

      Know the terms intralec and interlec? (sp?) Good. You don’t have to.

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      and even the fact that I can read what you’re saying and reply to you, it’s just so weird