An effect of the discovery of the New World in the late fifteenth century was a global exchange of plant life as different plants were transported to America where they thriwed, but different plants were also transported back to Europe and thriwed there as well.
There will probably be many new kinds of technology by 2028. One way people could be viewing digital videos is virtual reality. That technology already exists today, and could be improved a lot by then.
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