Since I posted some weirder ones, here’s one that’s a treat. I like both so much I can’t choose.

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Knowledge density. I can walk into my local library and run my hand along the spines of every book on the shelves faster than I can properly observe most individual significant historic events. You could consume all the written knowledge of Isaac Newton faster than you could even introduce yourself to him.

    Sure, there are benefits to primary sources, but there are benefits to curated compendiums.

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      4 months ago

      Downside. You’d still be stuck in this crappy world, it’d be interesting to see how much you could change it before becoming a target by the plutocracy.