[myvoiceismypass]

> So you can have the technology that allows you to comment here (Starlink),

People have been posting on chat / message boards for a few decades now. This is not novel. Not sure the quality of discussion has improved since the modem days (14.4k was my first).

> or drive home from work (GPS)

Tens of millions of us learned how to read maps and road signs once upon a time. You can actually fit several states' worth of maps into most car glove compartments, it is quite wild.

> or cure cancer (various ISS research)

There has been lots of cheering of all the cuts that DOGE made, including cancer and other disease related research and prevention, so this seems a rather moot point.

> survive as a species

Oh yes! First crewed mission to mars according to Musk is just what, 3 years away now?