Emergency communications are a big deal, because they let you go places you couldn't go before without being utterly afraid.
I wonder if this will change people's behavior at all.
Like, I've always wondered how LEDs affected peoples perception of nature, now that there's no longer any "Really dark scary night where you need to manage an actual fire" times. 20 years ago people still lit candles a lot of the time, if there was a blackout!
Now we can pretty much trust that for $30 we can make an insane amount of light for hours, with pocket sized devices.
I wonder if this will change people's behavior at all.
Like, I've always wondered how LEDs affected peoples perception of nature, now that there's no longer any "Really dark scary night where you need to manage an actual fire" times. 20 years ago people still lit candles a lot of the time, if there was a blackout!
Now we can pretty much trust that for $30 we can make an insane amount of light for hours, with pocket sized devices.