Ubiquity

/juːˈbɪkwɪti/ noun

Definition

The fact of appearing everywhere or being very common — presence so complete it becomes invisible.

Etymology

From Latin ubique (everywhere). Related to ubiquitous. The most ubiquitous things are hardest to see: air, time, language, assumptions.

Kelly Says

Ubiquity is invisibility. The things that are truly everywhere — gravity, air, time — are the things we forget exist. To become ubiquitous is to disappear into the background of reality. That is the goal of every great technology: to become invisible.

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