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Noam Chomsky

The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email!

Noam Chomsky

Communication

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The biggest changes in how fast and easily people communicate happened over 100 years ago when technology moved from slow sailing ships to instant telegraph messages. Later developments like the telephone and email, while important, did not transform communication as drastically as that earlier shift.

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