Douglas Adams on Reactions to Technology, by Age
Douglas Adams:
I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to
technologies:
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.
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.
Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the
natural order of things.
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Douglas Adams:
I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to
technologies:
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.
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.
Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the
natural order of things.