Things younger than Joe Biden and Donald Trump

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The video leverages a relatable, high-interest political comparison to frame technical facts in a way that feels surprising and shareable.

Summary

The creator compares the ages of various well-known tech companies, programming languages, and inventions to the ages of Joe Biden and Donald Trump. She highlights that many foundational technologies and social milestones are actually younger than the two politicians.

Structure

1Introduction of the comparison premise
2Listing programming languages younger than the politicians
3Highlighting older programming languages
4Listing tech giants and inventions younger than the politicians
5Concluding with social and technological milestones

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Things younger than... 1942 1946 Tech Edition 🤓 JavaScript (1995) Perl (1987) Perl (1994) C# (2000) C++ (1979) C PROGRAMMING 1972 Video Games (1972) Email (1971) Microsoft (1975) Apple (1976) Facebook (2004) Equal pay Act (1963) Internet (1989) Mouse (1963) PC (1971)

Transcript

Things younger than Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Tech edition. If you can imagine, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Perl, PHP, even older, C-Sharp, C++, and one of the oldest programming languages, C. Yep, it was invented in 1972. Video games. Emails. Imagine a time when there's no emails. Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, all of the tech giants. Equal pay. These guys are older than equal pay. The internet, computer mouse, personal computer.