Comment on GTA IV Is A Snapshot of the World Before It Changed

acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You’re right. What they meant to say is that it’s a snapshot of the world before many overarching things changed at roughly the same time.

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• Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It seems more it comes in waves, and not all at once but over time. Through my life things like the internet and smartphones becoming ubiquitous and becoming staples of life, likely AI is another one of those.

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• pyria@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  History is a concrete definition of this. Constantly showcasing events that pre-dated them happening to the aftermath of them happening.

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