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      41 day ago

      It’s weird reading work by authors like Asimov, where people travel between planets as a matter of routine, and we have sentient robots, but not mobile phones.

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        213 hours ago

        but then on the flipside there’s stuff like star trek, which since it’s literally the inspiration for cellphones is remarkably normal

        even the fucking tricorders aren’t that far off these days, just today i used an app on my phone to identify plants automatically for fuck’s sake, that’s insane!

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        11 day ago

        Or there are phones or cybernetic radio implants but they’re just a way to make phone calls.