Originally Posted by
Asura
Okie dokie. If I overlooked something please critique my analysis. Like I said, I haven't given it much thought.
I agree that it's more so a shrinkage of distance, but I still think that with distance comes time. News travels instantaneously across the globe now.
1. Decades ago one would have to wait days, maybe weeks, for a letter.
2. In the past, if one wanted to research something, they needed to locate an encyclopaedia and sort through it. Through computers I can do the same in a few seconds by looking on wikipedia.
3. How about spy games. As early as World War 1 spies were beginning to be used by state governments. It was immensely easier to pass as a spy then because word travelled at a slower rate. Nowadays there are databases, instant phone calls and connections of phone lines to anywhere. For the spy, the shrinkage of time is also problematic.
I can see how these examples might exemplify "how technology has changed the world" rather than "how technology shrinks time". But I believe the latter is there. Sorry I don't think I can explain it any better, lol.
