> The larger and more global (and soon, interstellar)
Soon, interstellar? That's...optimistic, to say the least.
Soon, interstellar? That's...optimistic, to say the least.
For example, communications to and from Mars can take upwards to 20 minutes, depending on where the Earth is in relation to Mars. If this doesn't call for eventual consistency, I'm not sure what would.
The more humans grow, C is a thing we'll have to take in consideration for our communications mediums. Planet-wise comms still feel instant, but that's still on our ball of rock.
That's not even remotely close to interstellar.
> And once we start looking at the local solar system, we start dealing with C being a significant source of lag
Sure, interplanetary has substantial impact from light-speed delays.
I'm just saying that pointing to imminent interstellar scope is wildly improbable.
https://www.wired.com/2013/05/vint-cerf-interplanetary-inter...
Even if you discount manned travel, we have an entire solar system full of humanities remote sending gear in flight, hence the need for an IP-ish store and forward network.