I don’t want to over-state the case because, actually, I love new gizmos that allow me to browse my music collection through my TV and to photograph the Orion Nebula in mere moments using the unbelievably sensitive ISO25600 setting on my camera. I wouldn’t want to halt the inevitable march of progress even if I could. But I would like to take this opportunity to mark the passing of some dearly loved and enlightening technology that has gone the way of all flesh.
I agree. New technology is amazing , but there’s something to be said about the older analog equipment, where you could tinker in ways that you can’t do anymore.
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On a side, but related, note: My mother works in retail with a number of just-out-of-college – age people, many of whom cannot tell time on an analog clock. We have now entered the beginning of the era wherein the terms “clockwise” and “counter-clockwise” will have no real meaning for most people. Also, (not that this was ever actually demonstrated in class) most cars now are not made of metal and therefore are *not* Faraday cages. I’m told, rather, that they will melt when struck by lightning. Quite disappointing to any occupants.
There is a danger in making things work so well the mechanisms are lost, and we end up with gear that works but we can’t fix because we don’t understand how it works. I love the idea of machines making better machines but I think it will increase this danger of using a device without understanding the device.