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How long did it take the internet to become mainstream? How long did it take for cellphones to become mainstream? I don’t think we should consider ourselves early anymore…

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I see your point, yet TCP/IP's date of birth + 17 years doesn't equal the kind of internet adoption and use we associate with modernity, right?

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Yeah, we're not "early" but we're still "early on". Like how long between the internet was invented and 1 billion people even had access? Then how long before the whole world was basically on social media via smartphones? Like MySpace was still "early on" in the Internet relatively speaking and it...

Developed in the 70s Standardized by 83, Mass adoption of the internet by 2000. Smart phones adoption happened in 2010… Look at how fast technology adoption has happened after the internet and smartphones now…