Imagine what humans from different eras of history would think about the sheer amount of data almost everyone today carries with them.
Ancient times: writing was for the elites, the average person had to compress complex ideas into poems and songs. Often the true data would never be unzipped once compressed as poems and songs became epics and myths. The line of reality blurred
Early industrial: writing en masses was still reserved for the elites or those who were granted access to the printing press via elite gate keepers.
The average person relied on pen and paper. Paper decays. Ideas with a lifespan.
Today: we carry snapshots and videos of our everyday lives. We jot notes in our phones to never be seen again. Terabytes of ideas are uploaded to corporate databases. Ideas live forever and breath life into artificial intelligence.
These are the things we carry. The people before us would have killed for the opportunity most people today squander.