Mary Quant, ‘60s designer who invented the miniskirt, dead at 93

Re:Mary Quant, ‘60s designer who invented the miniskirt, dea... by richardw on Thursday April 13, 2023 @04:52PM (#35561913)

I think this is an area where you have to be careful of people-like-me bias. (Apologies :) Most people in the world didn’t have most of those things, but they now largely all have cellphones. Any child with access to the internet can access any piece of information on all of the items you mentioned. And now/soon any of those kids can speak with an electronic friend who can explain it to them In their own language.

In short, a huge percentage of the world didn’t benefit and didn’t participate or compete or come up with ideas. I think it’s safe to say that generates more change, faster, for all of us.

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Re:Mary Quant, ‘60s designer who invented the miniskirt, dea... by tuatoru on Thursday April 13, 2023 @09:38PM (#35564507)

Cellphones are nice to have, certainly, but compared to safe piped water and electric light, they are a minor addition to quality of life. Ask anyone who has done without the latter two for extended periods of time.

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Re:Mary Quant, ‘60s designer who invented the miniskirt, dea... by richardw on Thursday April 13, 2023 @10:34PM (#35564857)

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Re:Mary Quant, ‘60s designer who invented the miniskirt, dea... by ska on Thursday April 13, 2023 @10:21PM (#35564783)

I think you are vastly underestimating the changes that some of those technologies i mention had on the lives of nearly everyone in the planet. For good and for ill. Probably because they were “normal” when you became aware.

Sure, lots of people didn’t have electrified houses, or cars, but very few weren’t deeply affected their rise. That doesn’t even get to into the radical economic shifts from agricultural methods and globalism (built on such technologies), or the political shifts that radio and then television brought, most places.

You are correct I should have been more careful in how I stated it, it to sounds like everyone suddenly got a personal automobile and am electrified home. Fair enough, hit the point stands.

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