▲ 5 ▼ If someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared, what would be the most difficult thing to explain about life today? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] derelict@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) The price of housing permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidgro@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Also nearly everything else. Computers would be an obvious exception, a couple years ago I paid USD$40 for a smartwatch with specs exceeding a $2000 computer from around year 2000, and millions of times more powerful than computers from the 50s which cost millions of dollars at the time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Also nearly everything else. Computers would be an obvious exception, a couple years ago I paid USD$40 for a smartwatch with specs exceeding a $2000 computer from around year 2000, and millions of times more powerful than computers from the 50s which cost millions of dollars at the time. permalink fedilink source parent