Eventually cell towers will be replaced by satellites. Then the entire surface of the Earth will be interconnected.
There’s some really awesome things that can enable, there’s also some very terrifying things that it can enable
Seeing stars will be a thing that people only know from stories
No place you can ever be off-grid.
So Peter, I know you’re backpacking in Patagonia, but we’re really gonna need that TPS report by COB. Mmkay? Greeaat.
We need a new term instead of grid… globe? digital globe? data sphere?
Off globe? That does sound like an attractive option sometimes hahaha
Well, if you don’t have a receiver, you’re off grid.
It’s like saying you can’t go off grid because there will always be an AM station you can pick up.
Of course you are right. I was thinking about how it’s become less socially acceptable to remain disconnected as the “grid” has encroached on spaces that used to be free of it.