When I saw the video of people in New York City in 1910(1), then colorized, I was floored. But then I found an article(2) where someone managed to find out who the family was, and it really hit me how close we are to the birth of technology that today are so common place that we lose perception of our collective timeline.

(1)https://youtu.be/68rZ2RNndSA?si=7xOsDi2Vaa74Dusp&t=25

(2)https://www.brownstonedetectives.com/who-are-these-people-19...