2024-12-23 03:36 UTC
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social
Ummm, you mathed wrong - it was 53 years apart and we are now that far along from the second now as the first was from the second.
All we have to show for it is the iPhone. Our early promise has rewarded us with good stuff - no doubt, but the scope of human progress since the moon landing is a tepid cup of tea at best by comparison.
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@AccordionBruce@mastodon.social 2024-12-23 08:45
@rouxdoo@mastodon.social @wonderofscience@mastodon.social The iPhone comparison though is more like: 1940s Calculate trajectories of artillery and every banking transaction mechanically 2024 not even that rich kids have super-computers on their wrists