most days it's too peoply out there anyway - why would I want to any closer to people like this adam kotsko dude

Also #2 - you go gurlz

Some Communications History for your consideration:

In 1901, the most brilliant scientific minds in the world agreed on one absolute truth.

Radio waves could not bend around the curve of the Earth.

To the established physicists of the day, wireless communication was strictly limited to the line of sight. They believed that trying to send a signal across the Atlantic Ocean was more than just ambitious.

They said it was scientifically impossible.

But a 27-year-old Italian inventor named Guglielmo Marconi decided to bet his reputation against the experts.

The status quo of the era was defined by heavy, expensive undersea telegraph cables.

Since 1866, the only way to transmit a message from Europe to America was through insulated copper wires laid deep on the ocean floor.

These cables were incredibly costly to manufacture, difficult to lay, and extremely vulnerable to sabotage or damage.

Global communication belonged to the rich giants of the telegraph industry, and they had no interest in change.

But Marconi had a vision that defied the textbooks.

He...