>>12803704Human beings feel greater kinship to things that they can begin to understand, and big numbers are tied directly to this phenomenon. It has been shown that our processing of numbers is linked to our processing of spaces. Therefore, one might fear the phrase "60 million songs" in the same way that one could fear a leviathan.
The 2001 iPod is a cute toy, something that reminds you how good it is to be alive. The 2020 apple watch is almost like a satanic relic, summoning dark forces to work its magic.
Science is just magic that we've systematized. To fear the 2020 apple watch is not meaningfully different from burning witches at the stake.
