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1. faxmey+A2[view] [source] 2022-09-08 17:43:44
>>xd+(OP)
Born in April, 1926, it's crazy how much the world has changed in her lifetime. May she rest in peace.
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2. CSMast+64[view] [source] 2022-09-08 17:48:51
>>faxmey+A2
Arguably the largest change in humanity in a ~100 year span? Especially if we go back to 1922. Mass communication, mass travel, etc. were all non existent.

Like the first radio stations had just started broadcasting when she was born, now we're all discussing her passing on a communications network that connects the entire globe. Possibly some of us while on flights from one side of the world to the other.

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3. zokier+Wm[view] [source] 2022-09-08 18:52:32
>>CSMast+64
> Arguably the largest change in humanity in a ~100 year span?

1870-1970 (or about that range) probably would be bigger change. That would cover time from before commercial light bulbs to commercial computers[1] and man on the moon. Societally it would include WW1 and the series of Russian revolutions leading to wave of other revolutions in Europe[2], and major advances in Womens' suffrage[3] among other things.

[1] e.g. PDP-8 and S/360

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1917%E2%80%9319...

[3] "The Representation of the People Act 1918 saw British women over 30 gain the vote. Dutch women won the vote in 1919, and American women on August 26, 1920, with the passage of the 19th Amendment" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage

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