02-14-2018, 06:07 AM
Technology is usually thought of as pretty amazing, but we tend to take it for granted.
40 years ago I was still hand writing letters to people and mailing them with postage stamps. You can still do that of course, but few people still do. I recently did just that and wrote to an old friend I haven't seen since I was 17.. I haven't gotten an answer yet and probably never will, but I used new (old ) technology to find his address online.
Anyway ,is there an everyday object, something that doesn't exist now and seems impossible to make that you think will become mass produced and sold to nearly every man, woman and child in another 20-30 years the way something such as the humble cell phone is today?
When I was a kid I could imagine these kinds of things, but as I've aged I don't seem to have the same abilities.. I imagined flat screen TVs long before they were ever sold. I didn't imagine streaming video services where you could have millions of movies right at your fingertips..
Back when cassette tape was all the rage I figured full albums would be sold on something similar to a credit card. I didn't imagine mp3s and having the ability to have days and days worth of music contained inside a cell phone along with all the other stuff they can do .
What can you imagine existing and becoming an everyday necessity that right now doesn't even exist?
40 years ago I was still hand writing letters to people and mailing them with postage stamps. You can still do that of course, but few people still do. I recently did just that and wrote to an old friend I haven't seen since I was 17.. I haven't gotten an answer yet and probably never will, but I used new (old ) technology to find his address online.
Anyway ,is there an everyday object, something that doesn't exist now and seems impossible to make that you think will become mass produced and sold to nearly every man, woman and child in another 20-30 years the way something such as the humble cell phone is today?
When I was a kid I could imagine these kinds of things, but as I've aged I don't seem to have the same abilities.. I imagined flat screen TVs long before they were ever sold. I didn't imagine streaming video services where you could have millions of movies right at your fingertips..
Back when cassette tape was all the rage I figured full albums would be sold on something similar to a credit card. I didn't imagine mp3s and having the ability to have days and days worth of music contained inside a cell phone along with all the other stuff they can do .
What can you imagine existing and becoming an everyday necessity that right now doesn't even exist?
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
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Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
