Episode 56 • • 1:31:51 - 1:35:01
56: 100 Billion Dollars!
Early Mobile Phone Technology and Social Changes
The evolution of mobile phones from "bricks" with puny batteries to modern Bluetooth-enabled devices has fundamentally changed public social behavior. Early car phones were expensive status symbols that required operator assistance, whereas today's constant "yakking" on cell phones is seen as a form of digital slavery. The segment reflects on the loss of privacy and the "Star Trek" reality of modern communication.