Thinking 🤔 of it more intricately, in my opinion, an interactive conversation with someone from the 60s concerning what a smartphone phone is, what it can do, would probably go down my memory bank as one of the funniest ever. An individual who seems to have experienced all, seen all, know all. It would be worth the time to see the look of amazement and surprise on their face as I school them, letting them realize that compared to this fast-paced reality where science and technology rules, the 60s is a joke, Say hello!!! to 21st-century technology
The conversation will most likely go like this
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Me: Hello, how about I tell you something you do not know?
Man from the 60s: Alright I am listening,
Me: You see, there is this very useful, rectangular-looking thing that looks like an oversized biscuit with several layers too thick and almost as hard as a rock. I bet you most likely have no clue what it can do. (Bring out my smart phone to show him) They call it a smartphone. It is called a smartphone because your intelligence, my intelligence, even the world's smartest man's intelligence is but like a tiny fish in the ocean compared to it's and yet it is just an oversized biscuit, un-eatable, and hard as a rock. You can try to be smarter than it, but I can assure you, you will fail miserably, to nothing but the epitome of a biscuit.
Man from the 60s: (old man looking curious) I am confused, then If it's an oversized biscuit that can't be eaten, several layers too thick, almost as hard as a rock, then how come it's so smart and useful?
Me: Good question, you see this un-eatable biscuit is so useful because, what you can't do, what I can't do, what the smartest man in the world can't do and would rather see as impossible, This nothing but an uneatable rocky biscuit can do it. So you can call it a rather smart biscuit (me with a grin 😀 on my face, about to burst with laughter, what the heck is a smart biscuit), interesting right?
Man from the 60s: Yeah, thats really interesting, but you are yet to tell me what it can do
Me: Yes about that, you see this biscuit is actually a device like those big computers you know of, with big frame and a lot of wires. The only difference is this one is a mini-computer, you can put it in your pocket, it doesn't even need wires to work, unlike those giant framed computers...
Man from the 60s: No wires?
Me: Yes no wires I tell you, this smart biscuit is a wireless wonders. It allows you to speak to someone without having to see them physically. It has a wireless microphone with an invisible speaker whose sound can reach the far end of the earth, an added bonus; only you and that person can hear your conversation all things being equal.
Man from the 60s: Wow!!! thats amazing!!!
Me: You think that's amazing? wait till you hear this, if you are feeling like cat got your tongue and you don't wanna talk, this smart biscuit allows you to communicate in words, by just touching a screen, you don't need an envelope, post office or postcard. Say goodbye to the post office world.
Man from the 60s: Uhm, this sounds too good to be true...
Me: I would tell you what's too good to be true, you don't need a camera to take pictures anymore, this biscuit allows you to take pictures of friends, enemies, families and strangers in real-time and view them immediately, say cheese! 📸🤳
Furthermore, you get to read your favourite book, listen to your own favourite music and watch your favourite show at any given time from funny cat videos to 1000 Ways to die, you have an all-you-can-eat buffet as your very own library and crystal ball 🔮 upgraded with a sound system that fits in your hand making even your pockets jealous. I'm not done, with this seemingly omnipotent biscuit the question is not "can" it is more of a "how" than a "can". Now do me a favour, forget the impossibilities of the 60s and usher in a new dispensation, it is called the 21 century where science and technology rule and the world is but a global village.
Man: I need one right now.
Me: Then what are you waiting for, let go get one, it's quite affordable
Uhm, on second thought, ditch the name smart biscuit, there is something better, call it a smartphone, we don't want to have you looking like you need help.
Man: Alright ...