The Last Phone Ahmed Suliman is working hard to find new things to complain about.
In his 1992 magnum opus The End of History and the Last Man, political scientist Francis Fukuyama famously claimed that, as far as the competition of political systems was concerned, history had largely “ended”. He argued that the fall of the Soviet Union demonstrated that liberal democracy had won the day, and that no significant systemic innovations were forthcoming any time soon to pose a significant challenge to it. The exciting chapters of the history books were all but written. In the world of 2021 smartphone technology, history again looks like it might be ending. On face value, this may seem like an absurd claim. New smartphone models are hitting shelves on a weekly basis these days. The glamorous advertisements for the flagship devices from the likes of Apple, Samsung, and Google are emblazoned everywhere, and many people you know (and perhaps you) are upgrading as soon as the telco contract permits. 56
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