I don’t disagree with:
>world progress can’t be binned into a coherent storyline
But if you think SpaceX has anywhere close to the cultural impact of the moon landing, you really need to get out of your bubble.
But if you think SpaceX has anywhere close to the cultural impact of the moon landing, you really need to get out of your bubble.
Tiger King though, whew. Even my grandmother tried out her new Netflix subscription with that.
Also pretty dubious.
Regardless of what you and your friends did, you have to admit that there’s a whole wider world that didn’t watch it. Just looking at the numbers, the SpaceX launch got about 10.3 million viewers (https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.space.com/amp/nasa-spacex-as...)
That’s good, but about as many as an important cricket match in India (https://medium.com/@refsrc/indias-streaming-service-hotstar-...).
The Super Bowl often gets 10x that viewership.
I think that cultural bubbles are mostly harmless, but I’m surprised at how so many people seem to not realize they’re even in a bubble. Who seem to think that 95% of the world, or even America, lives like the average SV tech worker.