The pace of change around us is relentless, but often imperceptible. The other day my son announced he needed a photograph to take to school. This is a faff, but hardly a major issue apart from the fact that he announced it at about 20 to 9. After a few seconds of panic, I realised the answer - quick photo on the iphone, then wirelessly print on his printer in his bedroom while he ran upstairs to fetch. When I was his age the best we could have hoped for was a polaroid, or a photo booth. Otherwise photographs had to be batched till you get roll developed which took about a week. (how many were on a roll? I can't remember).
These changes are hardly life changing, but just a sign of how much things move on and we don't really notice.
Last week there were a couple of inputs on the same topic by Penny Arcade here, and Warren Ellis here.
Let me cut and paste a small section of Warren Ellis's talk...
"
There are six people living in space right now. There are people
printing prototypes of human organs, and people printing nanowire tissue
that will bond with human flesh and the human electrical system.
We’ve photographed the shadow of a single atom. We’ve got robot legs
controlled by brainwaves. . .
Here’s another angle on vintage space: Voyager 1 is more than 11
billion miles away, and it’s run off 64K of computing power and an
eight-track tape deck."
I recently read 25 things you need to know about the future, but Christopher Barnett. If you don't know what is happening in the 25 areas he discusses, then you owe it to yourself to find out. Otherwise the future will creep up on you unnoticed even more. And it is amazing!
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