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frithgeard) wrote2009-04-26 05:55 pm
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Sophistry
If the steam revolution compressed our sense of distance, the digital revolution has compressed our sense of history.
This can be explained as a simple side effect of relativity: as information approaches the speed of light, subjective time is compressed and objects become infinitely dense, which is why there are so many stupid people on the internet.
This can be explained as a simple side effect of relativity: as information approaches the speed of light, subjective time is compressed and objects become infinitely dense, which is why there are so many stupid people on the internet.