This entertaining and informative Ted Talk does make one wonder as we move in the world of ever changing technology that we are in, and in fact, just following the status quo of the past. In other words, there has always been a technological advancing world. It is just that the world of yesterday and what was considered high advanced ‘gizmos’ that would never work, have not only flourished today, but have become those everyday items that we just take for granted. It was interesting to note that some of these items have just changed, due to technological advancements, and have now evolved to fulfill modern usefulness. In other words, they still exist, but in a different form.
How many of us would ever consider the ballpoint pen new technology? The funny thing is that it was once considered as revolutionary as the iPad is today. Technology may not have been moving at the pace that it is today with new things being invented on what seems a daily if not hourly basis, but it was at the time probably moving at a speed that made a lot of people uncomfortable.
As I watched this Ted Talk, I was reminded of the saying; ‘The more things change the more they stay the same.’
How many of us would ever consider the ballpoint pen new technology? The funny thing is that it was once considered as revolutionary as the iPad is today. Technology may not have been moving at the pace that it is today with new things being invented on what seems a daily if not hourly basis, but it was at the time probably moving at a speed that made a lot of people uncomfortable.
As I watched this Ted Talk, I was reminded of the saying; ‘The more things change the more they stay the same.’