As a parent you always want more for your children that you didn’t have for yourself. I worried when the children were younger that I wouldn’t be able to achieve this goal. But when I look about me it is easy to see that I have already reached this goal and the children haven’t even made it to college yet.
Game systems that are eons more sophisticated than my Atari. Communication devices that connect anywhere and can reach anyone. Knowledge at their fingertips.
And I guess all generations have gone through the laughable, archaic nature of the older generation, especially when it comes to technology. My 9 year old uses a promethean board at school and knows how to calibrate it. I didn’t even know what calibrate meant at 9! This reminds me of my parents and the VCR. I didn’t understand how it was difficult for them to grasp. Sorry Mom and Dad.
It’s amazing how quickly technology takes hold and spirals out of control. Six months from now my awesome new computer can be the thing of the past when a newer, faster, smaller, easier techie toy has come out, and does the same thing. I don’t think I can even keep up! Or afford to.
The Jetsons would be envious of some of the things we have…Roomba can vacuum the floor when we are away, escalators, elevators and moving walkways when we don’t feel like walking, at the click of a button we can choose instant food and drinks (vending and coffee machines), restaurants in the sky, robots that help with surgery. The most phenomenal for me is a car that parks itself!
I’m beginning to wonder…what do we need humans for? Oh wait, someone’s got to create the next techie toy.
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