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[-] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

Tbf, the same was said about the printing press back then

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

Only a rich crackpot could distribute pamphlets claiming colloidal silver cures cancer, and then they'd still only reach people in walking distance.

Now, any moron can reach literally the entire world at no cost or effort.

[-] prole 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also, literacy itself was gatekept back then. The stupid people we're referring to wouldn't even have been able to read it.

[-] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago

Carving symbols on stone tablets was a mistake

[-] protist@mander.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

Our species developing speech was a mistake

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Climbing down from the trees was the begining of the end.

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