068: Tech Epochs (I)

This is a quote from Douglas Adams,
author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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.”

I've been thinking about this framework.

Part II in this series :

069: Tech Epochs (II)

Frameworks for technological change.

The Fire JarJeremy Finch

Update!
Thanks for your responses :

071: Reader Mailbag (VII)

Reader reactions to “Tech Epochs”.

The Fire JarJeremy Finch

Re: Our future robot overlords 🤖

004: Battlestar Galactica

A deep-dive into a sci-fi TV show.

The Fire JarJeremy Finch