Would you trade places with a billionaire born in the 1700s?
Think about what you’d be giving up.
Today, that amount of money can buy you virtually anything. But in the 1700s, no amount of money can buy you hot water on demand.
Technology isn’t just the apps on your phone or the rockets we send into space. It’s your fridge, your air conditioning, your toilet. It’s the gas pump and automated car wash around the corner. It’s your glasses, toothbrush, and watch on your wrist.
Electricity alone is a complete marvel — the ability to store and instantly distribute energy to power lights, appliances, and devices.
Or take plumbing. Imagine not being able to flush a toilet? Or turn on a hot shower? Or wash your hands?
The printing press democratized access to information and made the world information rich. The internet took it one step further and made it ubiquitous.
Think about the computer and how far processing power has come. I recently read Project Hail Mary and an alien character is amazed by humans’ “thinking device” AKA the computer, which is able to process millions of times more information than our brains and a million times faster.
There’s an incredible amount of wealth all around us, all the time.
It’s easy to forget that we’re all technology billionaires.
