It's stepwise evolution. Long periods were new technologies gradually build-up without us noticing much. Then something like Covid happens and quickly we are

It's stepwise evolution. Long periods were new technologies gradually build-up without us noticing much. Then something like Covid happens and quickly we are forced to adapt, and utilize the new technologies more. Like online banking, Amazon. Then we never go back. The change effects everybody. Republican and Democrats have both used social media and analytics. The meaning of things also gradually changes ever so slightly. Even for simple things. "Let me get my coat". Did you mean a jacket for the office, like in the 1980s early 1990s. Or, did you mean a zipped up hoodie.