Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Technology

HI Folks

Been reading some Douglas Adams stuff today (you know, the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy bloke). He came up with a set of rules that describes our reaction to technologies. Read on......

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 fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

3: Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.


I think he's got it just about perfect :)

Philly

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So true, perfect (and embarassingly familiar) !!!

Cheers, Paul

Anonymous said...

The older I get, the more I think Douglas has it right, as well.