you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] 24 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

Tons of things. Instantly talking to a person the next town over, let alone the other side of the world. Turning on a light source whenever we want. Freezing a moment in time by taking a photograph. Etc

The pedant in me also feels the need to point out that the 1600s weren't medieval though.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment