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Re:Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if A... by Terr_ on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @06:59PM (#45973956)
I feel there is something unsound with that comparison, because you could also apply it to kings of history, simply by listing things that technologically unavailable or unaffordable.

Imagine transmigrating King Louis XVI (pre-revolution) into some working class professional with a refrigerator, a car, cable TV, etc. I don't think it's a given that he'd consider the package an upgrade.

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Re:Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if A... by zeroonetwothree on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @08:31PM (#45974794)
“Pre-revolution” is doing a lot of work in that sentence
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Re:Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if A... by Terr_ on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @08:59PM (#45974983)
The point is to compare the daily life the monarch would have considered "normal."

"Pre-revolution" is just to preempt any "Hurr hurr he'd be ecstatic not to have his head chopped off LOL."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Louis_XVI

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