I would have never remembered (and I probably never even knew) that running shoes weren't made for women.
Having now thought more about this, and read folks comments, the thing that I think is most surprising, and seemed to be missed by everyone predicting the future - is how connected we all are. Through internet, email, cellphones, landlines, texting. No one, it seems, imagined that we would all be walking around tethered to one another via all kinds of networks - being always in touch, with instant access to news and information. And it's not that no one imagined it, it's that no one imagined the common person being this connected.
But I guess my real question is - granted we have made enormous tech advances, and have made social and rights improvements (except where we haven't), but has the human condition improved? And, are we leaving the planet a better place for future generations? Hmmm.
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Date: 2009-05-27 12:05 pm (UTC)Having now thought more about this, and read folks comments, the thing that I think is most surprising, and seemed to be missed by everyone predicting the future - is how connected we all are. Through internet, email, cellphones, landlines, texting. No one, it seems, imagined that we would all be walking around tethered to one another via all kinds of networks - being always in touch, with instant access to news and information. And it's not that no one imagined it, it's that no one imagined the common person being this connected.
But I guess my real question is - granted we have made enormous tech advances, and have made social and rights improvements (except where we haven't), but has the human condition improved? And, are we leaving the planet a better place for future generations? Hmmm.