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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2026
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It is a bit weird to me that when I was a kid (in the '70s) great emphasis was placed on the inventors of the lightbulb and phonograph (Edison), the telephone (Graham Bell), and the television (Farnsworth).* And now those technologies have all been largely replaced by alternatives that work on very different physical principles. I'm not sure they even teach that inventor stuff in schools any more.
* Yes I know that nothing is ever really invented by one person.
I like to think of it this way:
Not exactly, but you get my point. Its not so different, just different standards using the same principles.
Analog to digital has been the biggest change I've noticed honestly - but still the same coax that brought me cartoons in the 90's (analog) carries my internet today (digital).