A Gathering of the Tribes

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Rules That Describe Our Reactions To Technologies

According to English author and musician, Douglas Adams...
  1. "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works."
  2. "Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it."
  3. "Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things."
A lot of truth in this... but I don't know if it will always be this way. More and more are realizing that a "natural order of things," does not exist. Technology is developing so fast that most understand that rapid adaptation will be necessary in many careers.

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