fragile modern tech [-]
If I accidentally dropped a 20th Century portable computer gadget from waist high, it would usually survive either completely undamaged or with light cosmetic damage.
If I accidentally drop a 21st Century portable computer gadget from waist high, it's destroyed beyond repair.
fragile modern tech [-]
How did we arrive in the timeline where a pocket computer a million times more powerful than the first supercomputers is simultaneously the single slipperiest personal possession AND the single most fragile personal possession?
Guess what just broke, how it broke, & what parts suffered the most damage.
fragile modern tech [-]
@arielmt I really wonder how much better our world would be if things today were built like they were back then. Optimization is a priority rather than an afterthought. The goal is to make file sizes small, programs running efficiently, devices holding sturdy, parts replaceable piecemeal.
A world where the answer isn't always "get more storage space" or "buy a faster gadget" or "buy it all over again".
