Internet time was once described as bewildering, even incomprehensible. Internet changes came so fast they were impossible to assimilate. Lately, I think we've hit a time warp. In the past few months, it has gradually become easier to keep up with Internet developments. Maybe the shift is due to the fact that when everyone is moving at the same speed, all sense of velocity ends.
Speed is always relative.
When a friend of mine returned from Vietnam 30 years ago, he drove down his hometown streets at 20 miles per hour. Cars zoomed by all around us honking, since the speed limit was 45. I stammered as vehicles kept charging up behind us. After 18 months in a country with roads that didn't allow speeds beyond 20, the velocity of our suburban streets disoriented him. He had grown accustomed to the danger of Saigon's deadly booby traps, but he was out of his element when it came to street speed.