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... not like the present, where technology is largely seen as irrelevant and specifically as bad I don't have the feeling this is actually true, but of course
by abstractbill 16y ago
... not like the present, where technology is largely seen as irrelevant and specifically as bad
I don't have the feeling this is actually true, but of course I might just have managed to surround myself with others who don't believe it either. I wonder how much of the general population really shares this view. People certainly seem to like the products of technology, like new smartphones and such.
- anateus 16y agoBut think about how products are positioned. I think his comparison with the 50s is a bit simplistic, but think about a product advertisement from those times: "This is the widget OF THE FUTURE!". It would be presented very differently now, much more about how it's the cool and chic thing. From a culture of the future to a culture of the past. As an side: he very carefully managed to avoid dropping into the quagmire of "it was so much better back then" by addressing a specific aspect, for which I'm glad. There's plenty to dislike about US culture in the 50's as far as the kind of forward thinking going on ("I'll have a jetpack to fly to work and the missuss will have a jet kitchen to use while she stays at home and raises our jet-children").