If you ask me? Mobile/WiFi internet… The way and amount of time we use our phones had changed A LOT since their diffusion. I guess the release of the iPhone changed our idea of what a phone is too

Edit: when I say modern world I’m referring to the last 50 years. So stuff like “the electricity” or “the telephone” doesn’t count.

  • laughterlaughter@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    You can see this in the U.S. as well.

    In many parts of the world, though, I wouldn’t say cars per se, but definitely public transportation. A lot of people can’t afford cars in the world, and they still benefit from the invention of the internal combustion engine.