I think I'd put the pyramids and the phone system on par in terms of build complexity and knowledge needed that's mostly beyond my ken. but the phone system wins due to ongoing maintenance costs. Once a pyramid is built, you can mostly just walk away. The phone system, though, gotta keep those experts plentiful, happy, and intergenerational.
@sungo Exactly! The pyramids are wonderful beautiful things.
The phone system is the ultimate joy of humanity. It's communication, connection, and millions of people working together to make that happen. They're paid and unpaid. Phreak and cop. People who are talking, communicating, and agreeing. So I can put to wires into a line anywhere, and find connection to any other line in the world. As long as we all agree that communication matters.
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in reply to sungo • •@sungo Exactly! The pyramids are wonderful beautiful things.
The phone system is the ultimate joy of humanity. It's communication, connection, and millions of people working together to make that happen. They're paid and unpaid. Phreak and cop. People who are talking, communicating, and agreeing. So I can put to wires into a line anywhere, and find connection to any other line in the world. As long as we all agree that communication matters.
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