Oddbean new post about login | logout The point is cell phones and modern computing are predicated on the technological advancements of the Apollo program. not that they inherently make information gathering more reliable.
Got it! Apollo, ergo cell phones. If you lock a bunch of people in shiny, clean rooms and say, "do math... or else!"... OK, I get it, but many inventions have been recreated or "pre-invented" by synchronous thinkers and inventors to the point of awarding the weaker mind the historical honorific of inventor while memory-holing the OG inventor. Why would nasa and apollo be immune from that?