The fax machine actually had a massive impact on society and is much older than you think (newer than the telegram, older than the telephone, and in use during Abraham Lincolns life time).

Just because it's usefulness had declined in the prior 10 years to him making that statement, doesn't mean it didn't affect the economy.

In the year 2100 or 2200 the internet as we know it may have been superceded by methodologies we can't even comprehend right now.

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

In the year 2100 or 2200 the internet as we know it may have been superceded by methodologies we can’t even comprehend right now.

It's gonna be fax machines again, isn't it?

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know enough about fax machines to comment on that

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A Nobel Prize really makes you stop questioning yourself huh?

[–] Bojimbo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It's not a real Nobel Prize, it's a Bank of Sweden prize and it's a better reflection of Swedish economic politics than true innovation in the field (probably because economics is more applied philosophy than science).

[–] liondynamic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if they made him give his nobel prize back after a couple years.