Comments on: The Technology Age is Over http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/30/the-technology-age-is-over/ Technology made simple Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:17:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Surfer http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/30/the-technology-age-is-over/#comment-18833 Surfer Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:09:14 +0000 http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/30/the-technology-age-is-over/#comment-18833 >Doug Aye, point taken :) >Doug

Aye, point taken :)

]]> By: Doug http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/30/the-technology-age-is-over/#comment-18824 Doug Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:23:42 +0000 http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/30/the-technology-age-is-over/#comment-18824 obviously this post is a "what if, " kind of deal. i would have jumped off a cliff if technology stopped advancing. i'm always waiting for the next model or version of something so i can get my tech fix :). i was merely attempting an H.G. Wells paranoia style intro. obviously this post is a “what if, ” kind of deal. i would have jumped off a cliff if technology stopped advancing. i’m always waiting for the next model or version of something so i can get my tech fix :). i was merely attempting an H.G. Wells paranoia style intro.

]]> By: Surfer http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/30/the-technology-age-is-over/#comment-18812 Surfer Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:42:10 +0000 http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/30/the-technology-age-is-over/#comment-18812 I think the first few lines of the post are pretty misleading. I agree with the above comment that technology advancement might slow down but it will not stop. Even as I'm typing this now, there will be technologist working busily in their lab to produce the next big thing. I'm sure that there are already very advance technologies waiting to be release but it's a question of is the market is ready to receive them. Point in truth is that it's simply no use in launching a new technology where there isn't enough buyers to break even the cost. So long there is needs and wants from the consumer, technology will never stop advancing. We might have hit the technology plateau at the moment but once a brilliant individual/company release a new technology that has the potential of penetrating the market, it will take us to a whole new level again. I think the first few lines of the post are pretty misleading. I agree with the above comment that technology advancement might slow down but it will not stop.

Even as I’m typing this now, there will be technologist working busily in their lab to produce the next big thing. I’m sure that there are already very advance technologies waiting to be release but it’s a question of is the market is ready to receive them.

Point in truth is that it’s simply no use in launching a new technology where there isn’t enough buyers to break even the cost. So long there is needs and wants from the consumer, technology will never stop advancing.

We might have hit the technology plateau at the moment but once a brilliant individual/company release a new technology that has the potential of penetrating the market, it will take us to a whole new level again.

]]> By: Tanner Christensen http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/30/the-technology-age-is-over/#comment-18752 Tanner Christensen Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:45:10 +0000 http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/30/the-technology-age-is-over/#comment-18752 Reminds me of a fairly famous quote that once said: “Everything that can be invented has been.” That quote was made by Charles Duell, the Commissioner of the US Patent and Trademark office... in 1899. If people had believed Duell - 109 years ago - the world would be a very different place. Luckily we know better. Our creativity and human need to learn and grow means that technology will always be expanding and the "technology age" has only really just begun. Great, and very interesting, post! Reminds me of a fairly famous quote that once said: “Everything that can be invented has been.” That quote was made by Charles Duell, the Commissioner of the US Patent and Trademark office… in 1899.

If people had believed Duell - 109 years ago - the world would be a very different place. Luckily we know better. Our creativity and human need to learn and grow means that technology will always be expanding and the “technology age” has only really just begun.

Great, and very interesting, post!

]]> By: dcr http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/30/the-technology-age-is-over/#comment-18676 dcr Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:07:18 +0000 http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/30/the-technology-age-is-over/#comment-18676 Barring various potential disasters, I don't think technology will ever stop advancing. It may enter slow periods. It may stabilize a bit. And, that might not be so bad (in some cases), as it allows us to catch a collective breath. Look at TVs, for example. For a long time, they didn't really change much. You didn't buy a new TV to have the latest and greatest model. You bought a new TV because your old one was broken. Or, maybe you had it repaired, but you didn't have to hunt around too far for someone to fix your type of TV; you just went to the closest TV repairman. And, until next year, even if you had a decades' old TV, it still works. You can still watch TV. You don't have to upgrade to keep watching your favorite programs. So, from that perspective, a little slowing in technological advancement isn't so bad. In the long run, it saves costs (and is better for the environment and all that jazz) because you're not "upgrading" every two years. Heck, I still like my 15 year-old Apple Newton. Just wish it had longer battery life... At any rate, technologies and even ways of thinking reach points past which there is little change. And, things may stagnate for a while. Things will level off, and people will adjust and take an interest in something other than having the latest gadgets all the time. They'll take more interest in music and culture and other stuff. And that area of the human experience will advance. And, sooner or later, different ways of thinking will emerge that will result in new discoveries and a new era of technological advancement. Ebb and flow, ebb and flow. Barring various potential disasters, I don’t think technology will ever stop advancing. It may enter slow periods. It may stabilize a bit. And, that might not be so bad (in some cases), as it allows us to catch a collective breath.

Look at TVs, for example. For a long time, they didn’t really change much. You didn’t buy a new TV to have the latest and greatest model. You bought a new TV because your old one was broken. Or, maybe you had it repaired, but you didn’t have to hunt around too far for someone to fix your type of TV; you just went to the closest TV repairman.

And, until next year, even if you had a decades’ old TV, it still works. You can still watch TV. You don’t have to upgrade to keep watching your favorite programs.

So, from that perspective, a little slowing in technological advancement isn’t so bad. In the long run, it saves costs (and is better for the environment and all that jazz) because you’re not “upgrading” every two years.

Heck, I still like my 15 year-old Apple Newton. Just wish it had longer battery life…

At any rate, technologies and even ways of thinking reach points past which there is little change. And, things may stagnate for a while. Things will level off, and people will adjust and take an interest in something other than having the latest gadgets all the time.

They’ll take more interest in music and culture and other stuff. And that area of the human experience will advance. And, sooner or later, different ways of thinking will emerge that will result in new discoveries and a new era of technological advancement.

Ebb and flow, ebb and flow.

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