Even in a “lost year for tech” there have been great gains, as John Gruber at Daring Fireball points out. For one, smartphones have become commodities, and more than 1.5 billion people worldwide tote full-on miniature computers in their pockets.
The fact that one out of every five people on the planet have access to real-time information and can communicate with virtually anyone around the world at any time and from anywhere indicates we are entering a period of great change. What’s more, it’s likely the pace of that change will only quicken.
But, as technology marches on, it’s important to consider that the ability to stop is as important as speeding up. It wasn’t until George Westinghouse invented the air brake in 1868 that trains could run faster and pull hundreds of cars. Before then train wrecks were common even as trains moved slowly across the land. We’ll need a cultural analog to handle this ever-quickening pace.
As we head into a new year, John Markoff of the New York Times reports that “computers have entered the age when they are able to learn from their own mistakes, a development that is about to turn the digital world on its head.” Full story...
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The fact that one out of every five people on the planet have access to real-time information and can communicate with virtually anyone around the world at any time and from anywhere indicates we are entering a period of great change. What’s more, it’s likely the pace of that change will only quicken.
But, as technology marches on, it’s important to consider that the ability to stop is as important as speeding up. It wasn’t until George Westinghouse invented the air brake in 1868 that trains could run faster and pull hundreds of cars. Before then train wrecks were common even as trains moved slowly across the land. We’ll need a cultural analog to handle this ever-quickening pace.
As we head into a new year, John Markoff of the New York Times reports that “computers have entered the age when they are able to learn from their own mistakes, a development that is about to turn the digital world on its head.” Full story...
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