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>buying laundry detergent online and having it shipped overnight....I don't have to carry it home

Am I the only one that is absolutely amazed that this is even possible? I mean...if you described this to somebody 100 years ago, they would have thought it was a form of magic.

"There is a box on my desk. It shows me pictures of things I can buy. If i press on one of the pictures, that item shows up at my door while I'm at work the next day and the money is automatically given to the person I bought it from by my bank."



Or radio communication "...yeah, and your voice travels through the air until it reaches whoever you're talking to..."


Perhaps that actually was our business plan!




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